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Package or parcel

Package or parcel, means the singular and not the plural, and it contemplates each individual 'parcel' or 'package', Radha Krishna Nathani v. Union of India, AIR 1957 Pat 231: (1957) Pat LR 63....


Parcels, Bill of

Parcels, Bill of, an account of the items composing a parcel or package of goods, transmitted with them to the purchaser....


Parcel post

That branch of the post office having to do with the collection transmission and delivery of parcels4 The British Inland Parcel Post was established in 1883 The rates in 1913 dating from 1897 were 3d for parcels not exceeding one pound and 1d for each additional pound up to the limit of 10 pounds A general parcel post was established in the United States by Act of August 24 1912 which took effect Jan 1 1913 At that time parcels could not exceed 11 pounds in weight nor 72 inches in length and girth combined Provision is made from insuring parcels and also for sending parcels COD The rates of postage vary with the distance See Zone below...


Heavy package

Heavy package, s. 2(a) 'heavy package' means a package or other object weighing not less than one metric ton, which is equal to one thousand kilograms or 2204.6 standard pounds or 26.8 standard maunds. [Marking of Heavy Packages Act, 1951 (39 of 1951), s. 2(a)]...


Packed parcels

Packed parcels, the name for a consignment of goods, consisting of one large parcel made up 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 are sent, since the railway company would have been paid more for the carriage of the parcels singly than together. The charging by a railway company of a higher rate for 'packed' than other parcels has been determined frequently to be illegal, see G.W. Ry. Co. v. Sutton, (1869) LR 4 HL 226....


False package

False package, means any package which does not conform to the provisions of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder in relation to such package. [Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 (60 of 1976), s. 2(f)]...


Larger parcel

Larger parcel, means a portion of land that is not a complete parcel, but is the greater part of an even bigger tract, entitling the owner both to damages for the parcel taken and for severance from the larger tract. To grant both kinds of damages a court generally requires the owner to show unity of ownership unity of use, and contiguity of the land of the land. But some states and the federal courts do not require contiguity when there is strong evidence of unity of use, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 886....


Commodity in packaged form

Commodity in packaged form, means commodity packaged, whether in any bottle, tin, wrapper or otherwise, in units suitable for sale, whether wholesale or retail. [Standards of Weights and Measures Act, (60 of 1976), s. 2(b)]...


Parcel

Parcel, the legal term for a part of land, defined for the purposes of a search under the (English) Land Charges Act, 1925, by Rule 16 of the (English) Local Land Charges Rules, 1927, S.R. & O., 1927, No. 869 L. 33, as land or buildings in separate occupation or separately rated at the time of search (see the Rules).Means goods entrusted to a railway administration for carriage by a passenger or a parcel train. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (27) ]...


Parcel makers

Parcel makers, two officers in the Exchequer who formerly made the parcels of the escheators' accounts, wherein they charged them with everything they had levied for the sovereign's use within the time of their being in office, and delivered the same to the auditors to make up their accounts therewith, Prac. Exch....


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