to harbor

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to harbor - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  TO HARBOR, 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 
  husband 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 harborer 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 plaintiff's 
  wife, child, or apprentice, he may be under no obligation to return them 
  without a demand. 1 Chit. Pr. 564; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 2 N. Car. Law 
  Repos. 249; 5 How. U. S. Rep. 215, 227.