harbor
Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
United States Code
33 U.S.C. § 2241 — for purposes of this subchapter
The term “harbor” means any channel or harbor, or element thereof, in the United States, capable of being utilized in the transportation of commercial cargo in domestic or foreign waterborne commerce by commercial vessels. The term does not include—
(A) an inland harbor;
(B) the Saint Lawrence Seaway;
(C) local access or berthing channels;
(D) channels or harbors constructed or maintained by nonpublic interests; and
(E) any portion of the Columbia River other than the channels on the downstream side of Bonneville lock and dam.
47 U.S.C. § 153 — for the purposes of this chapter (2 versions over time)
The term “harbor” or “port” means any place to which ships may resort for shelter or to load or unload passengers or goods, or to obtain fuel, water, or supplies. This term shall apply to such places whether proclaimed public or not and whether natural or artificial.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
n. A haven or a space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships. Rowe v. Smith, 51 Conn. 271, 50 Am. Rep. 16; The Aurania (D. C.) 29 Fed. 103 ; People v. Klrsch, 67 Mich. 539, 35 N. W. 157. "Port" is a word of larger import than "harbor," since it implies the presence of wharves, or at any rate the means and opportunity of receiving and discharging cargo.
— Harbor authority. In England a harbor authority is a body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, being proprietors of, or intrusted with the duty of constructing, improving, managing, or lighting, any harbor. St. 24 & 25 Viet. c. 47.
—Harbor line, A line marking the boundary of a certain part of a public water which is reserved for a harbor. Engs v. Peckham, 11 R. I. 224.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
To shelter or secrete; to receive and secrete a person, especially a fugitive; to receive and secrete illegally, or in opposition to the claim of another.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
ov. To receive clandestinely and 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 ileprived of thesame. 65 How. 215, 227. <A distinction has been taken, in some decisions, between “harbor” and “conceal.” A person may be convicted of hurboring a slave, although he may not have concealed her. 24 Ala. 71.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889