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Where a mate or seaman is prevented from tendering services by illness or injury, incurred without his fault in the discharge of his duty on the voyage, or by being wrongfully discharged, or by capture of the ship, he is entitled to wages notwithstanding; but in case of a capture, a ratable deduction for salvage is to be made.

SOURCE: CC § 2060.