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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Collect on delivery.- The abbreviation has acquired an established meaning (39 111. 312), but judicial notice will not be taken thereof (55 N. Y. 200).

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Collect on delivery. See 94 Mich. 133, 34 Am. St. Rep. 328, 53 N. W. 918.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Collect on delivery. These letters are not cabalistic, but have a determinate meaning. They import the carrier's liability to return to the consignor either the goods or the charges. U. S. Exp. Co., v. Keefer, 59 Ind. 267; Fleming v. Com., 130 Pa. 138, 18 Atl. 622; Express Co. v. Wolf, 79 Ili. 434

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Collect (q. v.) on delivery. O. P. Common pleas (court). C. q. t. (or c. q. t). Cestui que trust, q. y. C. R. Chancery reports; curia regis, the king's court. 1 Hop Wns V. Mayor of Swansea, 4 M. & W. *640 (1889), Ld. Abinger, C. B. s Drake v. Hudson River R. Co., 7 Barb. 539 (1849). Compare Compton v. Van Volkenburgh, &c. R. Co., 34 N. J. L. 135 (1870). C. t. a. (usually, c. t. a.). Cum testamento annexo, with the will attached. See Administer, 4.