shipper
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
the person who undertakes to pay the tariff charges.
Defined by the Supreme Court in Brown Transport Corp v. Atcon Inc, 439 U.S. 1014.
United States Code
46 U.S.C. § 40102 — in this part
Shipper.—The term “shipper” means—
(A) a cargo owner;
(B) the person for whose account the ocean transportation of cargo is provided;
(C) the person to whom delivery is to be made;
(D) a shippers’ association; or
(E) a non-vessel-operating common carrier that accepts responsibility for payment of all charges applicable under the tariff or service contract.
46 U.S.C. § 42301 — in this chapter
Defined in Part A.—In this chapter, the terms “common carrier”, “marine terminal operator”, “ocean common carrier”, “ocean transportation intermediary”, “shipper”, and “shippers’ association” have the meaning given those terms in section 40102 of this title.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The consignor of goods to a ship or common carrier for transportation.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One who ships or puts goods on board of a vessel, to be carried to another place during her voyage. In general the shipper is bound to pay for the hire of the vessel or the freight of the goods; 1 Bouvier, Inst. n. 1030. Relating to ships; as, shipping Interests, shipping affairs, shipping business, shipping concerns. Putting on board a ship or vessel, or receiving on board a ship or vessel. Webster, Diet.; Worcester, Diet See Ship; Ship’s Papers.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
2. Also, a Dutch word, signifying the master of a ship. It Is mentioned in some of the statutes; is now generally calied "skipper." Tomlins.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The charterer or goods. Shipping articles. An vessel and the seamen The straying of cattle into uninclosed land; cattle. in the permissive as well as the imperative but false in fact, as a sham plea or answer. Share and share alike: in equal shares or A rule in English law which precludes the to a man for life, with remainder to his chiltail, the words of limitation over being relimitation and not of purchase, and as passing the The rule was propounded in Shelley's case, ofl Bcer of a county, specially entrusted with the and the preservation of the peace, — charged well as ministerial powers, and with the duty of the superior courts, the making of arjury: a jury summoned for the purpose of an sheriff upon a writ of inquiry. Sheriff's sale: deputy in execution of the mandate of legal clerk: the clerk of the sheriff's court Sheriff sheriff of a county, who is also a judge. a sheriff's ofi5ce. of a sheriff; the office of a sheriff. is made to change from one person to anafter-occurrence. a generic term, including all vessels; in a with three complete masts, viz., lower, top, Ship's husband: a person appointed by the a ship to manage the concerns of the ship for Ship's papers: papers with which a vessel is provided, — including, in case of a neutral passport or feea-letter, the muster roll, the of lading, the invoice, the log-book, and the ship; to send by ship; by an extension of the general means of transportation, as by steamrailway; to engage to serve on board a vessel as voyage or for a specified term. law. The offense of breaking into a ship. freighter of a vessel; the person who ships agreement in writing between the master of a engaged to serve on board, specifying the
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Is said to have been formerly used to designate the master of a vessel, or a seaman. At the present day, it generally means one who places his goods on board a vessel for transportation; the employer of a vessel in a contract of affreightment. Shipper is a Dutch word, signifying the master of a ship. It is mentioned iu some of the statutes; is now generally called skipper. Tomlins.