Legal Definition and Related Resources of Port
Meaning of Port
A place where a vessel can lie in a position of more or less shelter from the elements with a view to the loading or discharge of cargo ; for servicing and for provisions. The term has been construed according to its popular and commercial sense as tending to include protected waters used for commercial purposes other than loading and unloading of cargo. A harbor established under the authority of a government . A place designated by statute for the execution of laws establishing duties on imports and exports of goods and vessels. See 8 U.S. C.A. §1221.
Port Alternative Definition
A place to which the officers of the customs are appropriated, and which includes the privileges and guidance of all members and creeks which are allotted to them. 1 Chit. Com. Law, 726; Postlethwaite. A proper place for the lading or unlading of vessels, recognized and supervised for maritime purposes by the public authorities. A port differs from a haven, and includes something more. First, it is a place at which vessels may arrive and discharge or take in their cargoes. Second, it comprehends a ville, city, or borough, called in Latin caput corpus, for the reception of mariners and merchants, for securing the goods and bringing them to market, and for victualling the ships. Third, it is impressed with its legal character by the civil authority. Hale de Port. Mar. c. 2; 1 Harg. Tr. 46, 73; Bac. Abr. Prerogative (D 5) ; Comyn, Dig. Navigation (E) ; 4 Inst. 148; Callis, Sewers, 56; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 2; Dig. 50. 16. 59; Id. 43. 12.’ 1. 13; Id. 47. 10. 15. 7; Id. 39. 4. 15.
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