Free On Board
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Abbreviated f. o. b. in the law of sales. A sale free on board is one in which the seller agrees to deliver the goods on board cars or ship at a place named, at his own expense, free to be taken by the purchaser without any obstruction or impediment. 136 Wis. 495. See also F. 0. B.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A phrase applied to the sale of goods which denotes that the sellfor packing, portage, cartage, and the like. See Fbais Jusqu’ A Bobd; F. O. B. In such a contract the seller is under no obligation to act until the buyer names the ship to which the delivery Is to be made; Dwight V. Eckert, 117 Pa. 608, 12 Atl. 32. Abbreviated in common use to f. o. b.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A sale of goods “free on board” imports that they are to be delivered on board the cars, vessel, ete., without expense to the buyer for packing, cartage, or olher such charges. In a contract for sale and delivery of goods “frea on board” vessel, the seller is under no obligation to act until the buyer names the ship to which the delivery is to be made, 117 Pa. St. 508, 12 AtL Rep. 32.