Stowage

In Maritime Law. The proper arrangement in a ship of the different articles of which a cargo consists, so that they may not injure each other by friction, or be damaged by the leakage of the ship. The master of the ship is bound to attend to the stowage, unless by custom or agree- Shipp. 13th ed.

391;.

Pardessus, Dr. Com. the pier of a dock basin against the advice n.

721.

See Abbameub. of the master, and when the tide ebbed, took Merchandise and other property must be the ground and fell over on her side, in constored under deck, unless a special agree- sequence of which, wheh the tide rose, she ment or established custom and usage au- filled with water, it was held to be a strandthorizes their carriage on deck.

See Sea- ing; 4 M. & S. 77. wobthy.

It may be said, in general terms, that in