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Consignor, means the person, named in a railway receipt as consignor, by whom or on whose behalf goods covered by the railway receipt are entrusted to a railway administration for carriage. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (10)](ii) means the person, named in the multimodal transport contract s consignor, by whom or on whose behalf the goods covered by such contract are entrusted to a multimodal transport operator for multimodal transportation. [Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (e)]Consignor, an intention to exclude from considera-tion any person who under domestic law would be a party to the contract through or in addition to a person named as consignor in the air wayball, Western Digital Corpn. v. Biritish Airways Plc (CA), (2003) 3 WLR 1855....
Consignee
The person to whom goods or other things are consigned a factor correlative to consignor...
Consigner
One who consigns See Consignor...
Consignor
One who consigns something to another opposed to consignee...
A person
A person. The word 'a person' in s. 55(1) of the Railways Act must be understood to mean 'consignor', 'consignee', or ' endorsee', Jagjit Cotton Textile Mills v. Chief Commercial Supdt NR, (1998) 5 SCC 126: AIR 1998 SC 1959 (1973). [Railways Act, 1890, s. 55(1)]...
Bill of Lading
Bill of Lading, a memorandum signed by masters of ships, in their capacity of carriers, acknowledging the receipt of merchants' goods, of which there are usually three parts-one kept by the consignor, one sent to the consignee, and one preserved by the master. It is the evidence of the title to the goods shipped; and by its endorsement and delivery, the transfer of the property in the goods specified therein is generally effected. By the Bills of Lading Act, 1855, the rights of suit under a bill of lading vest in the consignee or endorsee (as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself) without prejudice to any right of stoppage in transitu or to freight. See (English) Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 22), and Carver on Carriage by Sea.A bill of lading is 'a writing, signed on behalf of the owner of the ship in which goods are embarked, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and undertaking to deliver them at the end of the voyage s...
Carriage by Air Act (English)
Carriage by Air Act (English), 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air. The rules constitute a code of the law of carriage of passengers, luggage and goods consigned, and the liabilities of the carrier and rights and liabilities of passengers and consignors. The Act is to come into force by Order in Council....
Consignment
Consignment, the sending of goods to another for sale or purchase; also the goods themselves so sent. He who consigns the goods is called the consignor, and the person to whom they are sent is called the consignee.(ii) means goods entrusted to a railway administra-tion for carriage. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (9)](iii) means the goods entrusted to a multimodal transport operator for multimodal transportation. [The Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (d)]...
Contracting carrier
Contracting carrier, means a person who as a principal makes an agreement for carriage governed by the Warsaw Convention with a passenger or consignor or with a person acting on his hehalf, Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act, 1962, Sch., Pt. 1, Art. 1(b) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. (2), para 1539, p. 763....
Freight
Freight, the sum paid by a merchant or other person chartering a ship or part of a ship, or sending goods in a general ship, for the use of such ship or part, or the conveyance of such goods during a specified voyage or for a specified time. The freight is most commonly fixed by the charter-party, or bill of lading, but in the absence of any formal stipulation on the subject it would be due according to the custom or usage of trade. In the absence of an express contact to the contrary, the entire freight is not earned until the whole cargo be ready for delivery, or has been delivered to the consignee, according to the contract for its conveyance.1. Goods transported by water, land or air 2. Compensation paid to carrier for transporting goods, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 677.Dead freight is the freight agreed to be paid in respect of any part of the cargo which was contracted to be carried and through any fault of the consignor has not been carried.As to the shipowners' lien fo...
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