shipment
Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914)
United States Code
40 U.S.C. § 17301 — in this chapter
Shipment.—The term “shipment”—
(A) means the transportation, or the effecting of transportation, of valuables, without limitation as to the means or facilities used or by which the transportation is effected or the person to whom it is made; and
(B) includes shipments made to any executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly owned or mixed-ownership Government corporation, officer, or employee of the Federal Government, or any person acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, the executive department, independent establishment, agency, wholly or partly owned Government corporation, officer, or employee.
46 U.S.C. § 40102 — in this part
Shipment.—The term “shipment” means all of the cargo carried under the terms of a single bill of lading.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The delivery of the goods within the time required on some vessel destined to the particular port which the seller has reason to suppose will sail within a reasonable time. It does not mean a clearance of the vessel as well as putting the goods on board where there is nothing to indicate that the seller was expected to exercise any control over the clearance of the vessel or of her subsequent management; Ledon v. Havemeyer, 121 N. Y. 179, 24 N. E. 297, 8