stowaway
Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914)
United States Code
8 U.S.C. § 1101 — as used in this chapter
The term “stowaway” means any alien who obtains transportation without the consent of the owner, charterer, master or person in command of any vessel or aircraft through concealment aboard such vessel or aircraft. A passenger who boards with a valid ticket is not to be considered a stowaway.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One who steals his passage. order to constitute a stranding, the ship They shall not, as a rule, be examined or must be in the course of prosecuting her permitted to land at ports of the United voyage when the loss occurs; there must be States, but in rare cases may be, if they do a settling down on the obstructing object; not belong to the excluded class; U. S. v. and the vessel must take the ground by rea- Williams, 193 Fed. 228. son of extraordinary casualty, and not from A stowaway, in England, is liable to a fine one of the ordinary incidents of a voyage. not exceeding £20 or imprisonment not ex- Am. Ins. §§ 297, 318. And see Strong v. Ins. ceeding four weeks, with a provision for ar- Co., 31 N. Y. 106, 88 Am. Dec. 242; Lake v. rest without warrant, and summary trial Ins. Co., 13 Ohio 66, 42 Am. Dec. 188. before any sheriff or justice of the peace. STRANGER. A person bom out of the