Legal Term: To HARBOR

Definition: torts. To receive clandestinely or 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 deprived of the same; for example, the harboring of a wife or an apprentice, in order to deprive the hushand or the master of them; or in a less technical sense, it is the reception of persons improperly. 10 N. H. Rep. 247; 4 Scam. 498.

2. The harboring of such persons will subject the barborer to an, action for the injury; but in order to put him completely in the wrong, a demand should be made for their restoration, for in cases where the harborer has not committed any other wrong than merely receiving the plaintiffs wife, child, or apprentice, he may be under no obligation to return them without a demand. 1 Chit. Pr. 564; Danes Ab. Index, h. t.; 2 N. Car. Law Repos. 249; 5 How. U. S. Rep. 215, 227.

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