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Quick Dispatch

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

A term used In charter parties to express the promptness with which the cargo will be delivered to the vessel for loading. It signifies delivery as rapidly as the vessel can receive it. 2 Fed. 607. It is a stronger term than "customary quick dispatch," and supersedes the custom of the port. 2 Low. (U. S.) 361.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Speedy discharge of cargo without allowance for the customs or rules of the port or for delay from the crowded state of the harbor or wharf. Mott v. Frost (D. C.) 47 Fed. 82; Bjorkquist v. Certain Steel Rail Crop Ends (D. C.) 3 Fed. 717; Davis v. Wallace, 7 Fed. Cas. 182.

Defined under Dispatch or Despatch in Black's Law Dictionary.