Original Package
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The term "original package'' as employed by law, admits of no precise definition applicable to all. Generally, it is said to be a parcel, bundle, bale, box, or case made up of or "packed" with some commodity with a view to its safety and convenient handling and transportation. It does not necessarily mean that goods shall be inclosed in a tight or sealed receptacle. It relates wholly to goods as prepared for transportation, and has no necessary reference whatever to the package originally prepared or put up by the manufacturer. Indeed the idea of the "original package" may well be made to cover certain forms of property which do not ordinarily admit of being packed or incased in any other manner than in the car or vessel in which they are transported; such, for instance, as steel beams, threshing machines, and other bulky articles. 170 Fed. 449, 99
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910