STORES. the victuals¹ and provisions collected together for the subsistence of a ship's company, of a camp, and the like.

STOUTHRIEFF, Scotch² law. Formerly³ this word included in its signification every species of theft, accompanied with violence to the person; but of late years it has become the vox signata for forcible and masterful depredation⁴ within or near the dwelling⁵ house; while robbery has been more particularly applied⁶ to violent depredation on the highway, or accompanied by house-breaking. Alison, Princ. Cr. Law of Scot]. 227.

STOWAGE, mar⁷. law. The proper arrangement in a ship, of the different articles of which a cargo⁸ consists, so that they may not injure each other by friction⁹, or be damaged by the leakage¹⁰ 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.

STRANDING¹¹, maritime¹² law. The running of a ship or other vessel¹³ on shore; it is either accidental or voluntary.

2. It is accidental where the ship is driven on, shore by the winds and waves; it is voluntary where she is run on shore, either to preserve her from a worse fate, or for some fraudulent purpose. Marsh¹⁴. Ins. B. 1, c. 12, s. 1.

3. It is of great consequence to define accurately¹⁵ what shall be deemed a stranding, but this is no easy matter. In one case a ship having run on some wooden piles, four feet under water, erected¹⁶ in Wisheach river, about nine yards from shore, which were placed there to keep up the banks of the river, and having remained on these piles until they were cut away, was considered by Lord Kenyon to have been stranded¹⁷. Marsh. Ins. B. 7, s. 3 . In another case, a ship arrived in the river Thames, and, upon coming up to the Pool, which was full of vessels¹⁸, one brig ran foul¹⁹ of her bow, and another of her stern, in consequence of which she was driven aground, and continued in that situation an hour, during which period several other vessels ran foul of her; this, Lord Kenyon told the jury, that unskilled as he was in nautical²⁰ affairs, he thought he could safely pronounce to be no stranding. lb.; 1 Camp. 131; 3 Camp. 431; 4 M. & S. 503; 7 B. & C. 224; 5 B. & A. 225; 4 B. & C. 736. See Perils²¹ of the Sea.