From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
TOTAL LOSS. A technical expression, importing an utter loss of the property
for the voyage, and no more. 1 T. R. 187. Vide Loss, and 2 Phil. Ev. 54, n.;
16 East, R. 214 Park's Ins. Index, h.t.; Marsh. Ins. 486.