Legal Definition and Related Resources of Harbor

A port or haven so protected, naturally or artificially, as to provide shelter for ships. The word port has a larger meaning for it implies the availability of such facilities as wharves, docks,etc. The term also has been interpreted to mean any body of water where pilotage is required by the Ports authority . See Campos v Puerto Rico Sun Oil Co., Inc., (D.C.Puerto Rico)392 F.Supp. 524. As a verb, the term denotes the act of sheltering, concealing or shielding from detection.

(Saxon, here berga, station for an army). A place where ships may ride with safety; any navigable water protected by the surrounding country; a haven. It is public property. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 435. Harbor is to be distinguished from “port,” which has a reference to the delivery of cargo. See 7 Man. & G. 870; 9 Mete. (Mass.) 371-377; 2 Barn & Aid. 460. Thus, we have the “said harbor basin and docks of the port of Hull.” 2 Barn. & Aid. 60. But they are generally used as synonymous. Webster. In Torts. To receive clandestinely or without lawful authority a person for the purpose of so concealing him that another having a right to the lawful custody of such person shall be deprived of the same; for example, the harboring of a wife or an apprentice in order to deprive the husband or the master of them; or, in a less technical sense, it is the reception of persons improperly. 10 N. H. 247; 5 111. 498. The harboring of such persons will subject the harborer to an action for the injury; but, in order to put him completely in the wrong, a demand should be made for their restoration, for in cases where the harborer has not committed any other wrong than merely receiving the plaintiff’s wife, child, or apprentice, he may be under no obligation to return them without a demand. 1 Chit. Prac. 564; Dane, Abr. Index; 2 N. C. Law Rep. 249; 5 How. (U. S.) 215, 227.

verb

• afford sanctuary
• aid
• cache
• care for
• cloak
• conceal
• cover
• defend
• ensconce
• give refuge
• grant asylum
• guard
• haven
• hide
• insure
• keep
• keep out of sight
• keep safe
• keep secret
• lodge
• look after
• maintain
• preserve
• protect
• provide refuge
• provide safety
• provide sanctuary
• quarter
• safeguard
• screen
• seclude
• secrete
• secure
• shelter
• shield
• shroud
• stow away
• sustain
• watch
• Associated Concepts: accessory after the fact
• alienation of affections
• assisting escape
• harbor and secrete
• harboring a criminal
• harboring a fugitive
• harboring an animal

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Concept of Harbor in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Harbor: A natural or man made sheltered area for ships to anchor. May or may not have docks and other port facilities.

Concept of Harbor in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Harbor: A natural or man made sheltered area for ships to anchor. May or may not have docks and other port facilities.