Baggage
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Whatever, connected with the objects of the journey, and not exceeding the limits of reason and custom, a traveller takes with him for his personal use, whether during actual travel, or in intervals between trips, or upon the termination of the journey. Bish. Non-Cont.
Law, § 1156.
It does not include samples of merchandise (98 Mass. 83), money not necessary for travelling (22 Ill. 278), jewelry intended for presents (17 N. Y. Super. Ct. 225). It includes weapons (22 Ill. 278), books (121 Ind. 226), tools (14 Pa. St. 129), opera glasses (33 Ind. 379), bedding for use on the trip (1 Whit. & W. Civ. Cas. Ct. App. [Tex.] § 1253).