Store

Storing ls the keeping merchandise for safe custody, to be delivered in the same condition as when received, where the safe-keeping is the principal object of deposit, and not the consumption or sale. O'Niel v. Buffalo F. Ins. Co., 3 N. Y. 122; Hynds v. Schenectady County Mut Ins. Co., 16 Barb. (N. Y.) 119.

— Public store. A government warehouse, maintained for certain administrative purposes, such as the keeping of military supplies, the storing of imported goods under bands to pay duty, etc.

— Stores. The supplies of different articles provided for the subsistence and accommodation of a ship's crew and passengers.