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STOWAGE,

Legal Term: STOWAGE,
Definition: mar. 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.

2. The master of the ship is bound to attend to the stowage, unless, by custom or agreement, this business is to be performed by persons employed by the mercbant. Abbott on Shipp. 228; Pardes. Dr. Com. n. 721.



***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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