Legal Definition and Related Resources of Back-freight

Freight for the carriage of goods returned undischarged from the port to which consigned

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What does Back-Freight mean in American Law?

The definition of Back-Freight in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

What a shipper of goods owes the carrier for bringing back goods which, through no fault of the carrier, cannot be delivered as specified by the shipper.