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Hire

to contracts of this sort entered into by private persons, who do not exercise the business of common carriers, there does not seem to be any material distinction varying the rights, obligations, and duties of the parties

Canal

28), canal companies may vary their tolls, but must charge the public equally; and by the (English) Canal Carriers Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 42, they may act as carriers. The Railway and Canal Traffic

Place of business

any place where a dealer keeps his book of account, (d) any vehicle or vessel or any other carrier where in the goods are stored or used for transporting the goods; (e) any place of business of

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Importer

manufacturing or for any other purpose except for one's own domestic consumption, but shall not include a public carrier, Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1966 (27 of 1966), s. 14A. Means a dealer who brings any

Latent defect

which could not previously to an accident have been avoided by care or discovered by reasonable examination. A carrier of passengers is not liable for injury to them arising from a latent defect in his coach, Redhead

Loss

loss caused to a shipper or a consignee by reason of the inability of the ship or the carrier to deliver part or whole of the goods, to whatever reason such failure may be due, East and

Motor transport undertaking

engaged in carrying passengers or goods or both by road for hire or reward, and includes a private carrier. [Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961), s. 2 (g)]

Multimodal transport operator

his behalf. (ii) acts as principal, and not as an agent either of the consignor or of the carrier participating in the multimodal transportation, and who assumes responsibility for the performance of the said contract; and (iii)

Packed parcels

of several small ones (each bearing a different address) collected from different persons by the immediate consignor (a carrier), who unites them into one for his own profit at the expense of the railway by which they

Perils of the sea

navigable waters, which could not have been reasonably foreseen and guarded against by ordinary skill and prudence by carrier or his agents or servants, Collis Line Pvt. Ltd. v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd., AIR 1982 Ker

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