Destination
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The intended application of a thing. For example, when a testator gives to a hospital a sum of money to be applied in erecting buildings, he is said to give a destination to the legacy. Mill-stones taken out of a mill to be picked, and to be returned, have a destination, and are considered real estate, although detached from the freehold. Heirlooms, although personal chattels, are, by their destination, considered real estate; and money agreed or directed to be laid out in land is treated as real property; Craig v. Leslie, 3 Wheat. (U. S.) 577, 4 L. Ed. 460; 2 Bell, Com. 2; Erskine, Inst. 2.
2. 14; Fonbl. Eq. b. 1, c. 6, § 9.
See Easement; Fixtures. In Common Law. The port at which a ship is to end her voyage is called her port of destination. Pardessus, n.
600.
The phrases "port of destination" and "port of discharge" are not equivalent; TJ.
S. v. Barker, 5 Mason 404, Fed. Cas. No. 14,- 516. See Sheridan v. Ireland, 66 Me. 65.
Sending goods to their destination means sending them to a particular place, to a particular person who is to receive them there; not sending them to a particular place without saying to whom; 15 A. B. D. 43.