A place for the lading and un-lading of the cargoes of vessels, and the col-lection of duties or customs upon imports and exports. A place, either on the sea-coast or on a river, where ships stop for the purpose of loading and unloading, from whence they depart, and where they finish their voyages. The wharf Case, 3 Bland (Md.) 361; Packwood v. walden, 7 Mart. N. S. (La.) 88; Devato v. Barrels of Plum-bago (D. C.) 20 Fed. 515; Petrel Guano Co. v. Jarnette (C. C.) 45 Fed. 675; De Longue-mere v. Insurance Co., 10 Johns. (N. Y.) 125
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
