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Transportation

Transportation, means the movement of goods or persons from one place to another by a carrier, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1505. Transportation, the banishing or sending away a criminal into another country.

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OF GOD. Means 'act of God' is a mere short way of expressing the proposition that a common carrier is not liable for any accident as to which he can show that it is due to natural

Hockettor, or Hocqueteur

Hockettor, or Hocqueteur, a knight of the post; a decayed man; a basket carrier, Cowel.

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Houseage

Houseage, a fee paid for housing goods by a carrier, or at a wharf, etc.

Damage

caused to property by breach of contract or acts of commission or omission on the part of the carrier or his agents or servants by reason of the negligent operation and management of the vessel, as, for

Glass

any building, shall be guilty of a felony punishable as in the case of simple larceny. By (English) Carriers Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 and 1 Will. 4, c. 68), s. 1, a carrier is not liable

mailman

A man who delivers the mail A male mail carrier

embargo

2 : a legal prohibition on commerce [an on arms shipments] 3 : an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation vt -goed -go·ing : to place an embargo on

free on board

free on board : without charge for delivery to and placing on board a carrier at a specified point

lien

by a creditor upon levy of an attachment car·ri·er's lien : a lien against freight conferring on the carrier the right to retain the property until the amount due is paid charging lien : a lien attaching

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