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Definition of Consignees
1. consignee [n] - See also: consignee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consignees
Literary usage of Consignees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Freight and charges to be paid as noted below, upon the actual and complete
delivery of the said goods and freight to said consignees or their assigns. ..."
2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1853)
"The defendants, consignees of a quantity of wine, caused the same to be advertised
and sold at auction, while the wine was still on shipboard. ..."
3. Life and Times of Joseph Warren by Richard Frothingham (1865)
"The selectmen, deeply concerned for the peace of the town,—Hancock, the commander
of the Cadets, being one,—now had conferences with the consignees, ..."
4. History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent by George Bancroft (1888)
"The same question was put to the other consignees, one by one, who each and all
answered: " I cannot comply with your demand." Molineux then read another ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"... away from said railroad car of "26 raincoats of the value of $253.50, and 12
rain hats of the value of $6.50, * • • billed to" certain consignees named, ..."
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