Warehouse Receipt
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A receipt by a order to obtali. the propefrty. By custom of trade it has come to be virtually negoti~ able in many instances. Grain, provisions, and many other staple commodities are largely transferred by delivery or indorsement of warehouse receipts.