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Definition of Consignor
1. Noun. The person who delivers over or commits merchandise.
Definition of Consignor
1. n. One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee.
Definition of Consignor
1. Noun. (business) The person who sends a consignment to a consignee ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Consignor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consignor
Literary usage of Consignor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Railways: Embracing Corporations, Eminent Domain, Contracts by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1873)
"The consignor, who owns the goods, and sustains the injury from the damage or
loss, is the proper party to bring the action against the carrier.11 In an ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1822)
"If the consignee be the agent or factor of the consignor, and the bill of lading
be made to him generally, without noticing the relation of principal and ..."
3. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"If any election is given to the consignee, or any power of direction or control
is retained by the consignor, the goods continue, in the judgment of law, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Bailments: Including Carriers, Innkeepers and Pledge by James Schouler (1897)
"Directions of consignor, etc. — A carrier is not bound to deliver goods to one
who claims to be consignee, where there is nothing amounting to authority or ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Bailments: Including Carriers, Innkeepers, and Pledge by James Schouler (1887)
"What the consignor wishes transported should be offered for that purpose to the
right carrier at a reasonable time. If offered as freight, ..."
6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"IS] It Is urged that the bills of lading were open, which means that the consignor
neither retained the title nor any Interest In the goods, ..."