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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In the civil law. To deposit in the custody of a third persona thing belonging to the debtor, for the benelit of the creditor, under the authority of a court of justice. Poth. Obl. pt.
3, c. 1, art. 8.
In commercial law. To deliver goods to a carrier to be transmitted to a designated factor or agent, To deliver or transfer as a charge or trust; to commit, intrust, give in trust; to transfer from oneself to the care of another; to send or transmit goods to a merchant or factor for sale.
4 Daly, 320.