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Definition of Bill of lading
1. Noun. A receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery.
Definition of Bill of lading
1. Noun. (context: shipping) A document by which the master of a ship (or any other carrier) acknowledges receipt of goods for transport ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bill Of Lading
Literary usage of Bill of lading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contract of Affreightment as Expressed in Charter-parties and Bills of by Sir Thomas Edward Scrutton (1893)
"C. shipped a cargo consigned to G. in London under a bill of lading, ... IMd,
that as the bill of lading did not clearly show that the conditions as to ..."
2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1866)
"Of the bill of lading. In execution of the contract of charter-party, the master
of the ship signs a bill of lading, which is an acknowledgment of the ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Negotiable Instruments: Including Bills of Exchange by John Warwick Daniel (1891)
"Genuineness of bill of lading accompanying bill of exchange.—It is not the duty
of a party discounting a bill of exchange to inquire into the genuineness of ..."
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