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Bill of Lading

carriage of goods in separate stages by more than one ship or by more than one form of transport. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 5(1), 4th Edn., Para 414, p. 322. Bill of lading, is a document

Building

Metropolitan District Railway Company, (1893) 49 LT 554; Greswolde Williams v. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corpn., (1927) 92 JP 13; London Transport Executive v. Congregational Union of England and Wales (Inc), (1978) 37 P&CR 135. Building includes any structure or

Cabin attendant

Cabin attendant, in relation to an aircraft means a person on a flight for the purpose of public transport carried for the purpose of performing in the interests of safety of passengers duties to be assigned by

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patrol wagon

An enclosed truck used by police to transport prisoners

oil tanker

A ship having large compartments designed to transport crude oil over the ocean

Cause of action

to frame the case appropriately to attract the jurisdiction either at Lucknow or at Allahabad, Nasiruddin v. State Transport Appellate Tribunal, (1976) 1 SCR 505: (1975) 2 SCC 671: AIR 1976 SC 331. A cause of action

Carry

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another to bear often with away or off

Judicial office

good enough to elevate the administrator into a holder of judicial office, State of Haryana v. Haryana Co-operative Transport, AIR 1977 SC 237 (239): (1977) 1 SCC 271. 'Judicial office' is used in the proviso; a person

bailment

of possession but not ownership of personal property (as goods) for a limited time or specified purpose (as transportation) such that the individual or business entity taking possession is liable to some extent for loss or damage

contraband

act of smuggling, from contra- against + bando edict, law] : property that is unlawfully produced, possessed, or transported contraband per se : property that is in and of itself unlawful to possess, produce, or transport derivative

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