While arguing with the harbormaster, Jonathan Harker implies that Dracula's wrecked ship is fair game for the salvagers as the tiller is held in a dead hand. This is adapted from Bram Stoker's novel, in which a young law student makes the same argument because "the rights of the owner are already completely sacrificed, his property being held in contravention of the statues of mortmain" (mortmain literally meaning "dead hand"). However, this is legally nonsensical, and as an actual qualified solicitor Harker ought to know better.
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