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Owner consignee

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Wharfinger

they have a general lien for the balance of their account, Consult Chitty or Addison on Contracts. The owner or occupatio of a wharf; one who keeps a wharf to receive merchandise for forwarding or delivery to … occupatio of a wharf; one who keeps a wharf to receive merchandise for forwarding or delivery to a consignees.-Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1589.

Loss

Loss, the word 'loss' used in Railway Act can never mean loss to the owner, it means that the goods have disappeared in the course of transit and neither the railway nor the … the goods have disappeared in the course of transit and neither the railway nor the consignor nor the consignee re or is in a position to trace them, Union of India v. Sha Vastimull Harakchand, AIR 1959

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Average

storm to lighten the ship. Such loss by maritime law is shared proportionately between the shipowners and the owners of the cargo, according to value. This risk is almost always covered by insurance. An Average Bond is … This risk is almost always covered by insurance. An Average Bond is a bond entered into by the consignees of a cargo with the shipowners, when a general average loss has been sustained by the ship, binding

Bill of Lading

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 … 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

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