Search results for: “common carrier”
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Ferry
A place of transit across a stretch of water , such as a river , lake or arm of the sea. The person who operates a ferry is a ferryman and, under certain circumstances, if he carries goods for hire, would constitute himself a common carrier of goods.
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Wire Communication
Any communication made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid or wire, cable, or other like connection between the point of origin and the point of reception furnished or operated by any person engaged as a common carrier in providing […]
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Wire Communication
Any communication made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid or wire, cable, or other like connection between the point of origin and the point of reception furnished or operated by any person engaged as a common carrier in providing […]
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Ocean Freight Forwarder
Ocean Freight Forwarder in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Ocean Freight Forwarder, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: A person who dispatches shipments from the United States via a common […]
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Ocean Freight Forwarder
Ocean Freight Forwarder in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Ocean Freight Forwarder, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: A person who dispatches shipments from the United States via a common […]
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Absolute Right
A right may be called absolute merely to distinguish it from one which is relative, or contingent, or not yet finally vested. See absolute. But there is another, further meaning of absolute right in which absolute almost means natural (in the […]
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Absolute Right
A right may be called absolute merely to distinguish it from one which is relative, or contingent, or not yet finally vested. See absolute. But there is another, further meaning of absolute right in which absolute almost means natural (in the […]
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Discrimination
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Discrimination Meaning of Discrimination A failure to treat all persons equally, generally arising out of a prejudice against a class of persons, race, color, sex. religion , etc. A general failure to […]
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Carmack Amendment
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Carmack amendment Meaning of Carmack amendment The purpose of the Carmack amendment to the Hepburn Act was to do away with the diflnculties shippers had encounteired in seeking to recover damages to […]
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Forwarding Merchant
A person who receives and forwards goods, taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a compensation from the owners, but who has no concern in the vessels or wagons by which they are transported, and no interest in the freight. Such a one is not deemed a […]
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Freight Forwarder
International Trade Meaning and Definition of Freight Forwarder Meaning of Freight Forwarder An independent business which handles export shipments for compensation. Glossary of Import Trade Terms Starting with-G<div […]
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Goods
Its primary meaning is all chattels personal , capable of manual delivery , other than money . It has been said that goods include all chattels personal other than things in action and money. See Utica Carting Storage & Contracting Co. v World Fire & marine insurance Co., 100 […]
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Goods
Its primary meaning is all chattels personal , capable of manual delivery , other than money . It has been said that goods include all chattels personal other than things in action and money. See Utica Carting Storage & Contracting Co. v World Fire & marine insurance Co., 100 […]
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Passage Money
The sum claimable for the conveyance of a person, with or without luggage, on the water. The difference between freight and passage money Is this, that the former Is claimable for the carriage of goods, and the latter for the carriage of the person. The same rules which govern the claim […]
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Passage Money
The sum claimable for the conveyance of a person, with or without luggage, on the water. The difference between freight and passage money Is this, that the former Is claimable for the carriage of goods, and the latter for the carriage of the person. The same rules which govern the claim […]