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f.o.b.

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Definitions from Case Law

From 276 U.S. 469 - Lamborn v. National Bank of Commerce · 1928Most cited · 26 citing opinions

the contract was for a sale f. o. b. cars Philadelphia-and the buyer was not to acquire any interest in the sugar, legal or equitable, until so delivered

United States Code

7 U.S.C. § 1635A — in this subchapter

The term “F.O.B.” means free on board, regardless of the mode of transportation, at the point of direct shipment by the seller to the buyer.

19 U.S.C. § 1683 — in this subtitle

The term “F.O.B.” means a value consisting of all charges payable by a purchaser, including those charges incurred in the placement of merchandise on board of a conveyance for shipment, but does not include the actual shipping charges or any applicable export charges.

19 U.S.C. § 3332 — for purposes of this section

The term “F.O.B.” means free on board, regardless of the mode of transportation, at the point of direct shipment by the seller to the buyer.

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Free on board. A mercantile term used in contracts of sale where the seller agrees to put the goods on board cars at a specified place, but freight is paid by the buyer.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Free on board, contemplating payment of freight by the buyer. See 66 Wash. 101, Ann. Cas. 1913C, 427, 119 Pac. 16.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In mercantile contracts, this abbreviation means "free on board," and imports that the seller or consignor of goods will deliver them on the car, vessel or other conveyance by which they are to be transported without expense to the buyer or consignee, that is, without charge for packing, crating, drayage, etc., untli delivered to the carrier. Vogt v. Shienbeck, 122 Wis. 491, 100 N. W. 820, 67 L. It, A. 756, 106 Am. St. Rep. 989; Sllberman v. Clark, 96 N. Y. 523; Sheffield Furnace Co. v. Hull Coni & Coke Co., 101 Ala. 446, 14 South. 672.