You'll need a "bill of lading" before you sign for the delivery. From LearnThat.org.
If no bill of lading is required, other evidence showing point of origin, destination, and weight shall be required. From Wordnik.com. [EXECUTIVE ORDER 9805] Reference
Captain Huntly's bill of lading, that is to say, the document that describes the "Chancellor's" cargo and the conditions of transport, is couched in the following terms. From Wordnik.com. [The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger] Reference
Captain Huntly’s bill of lading, that is to say, the document that describes the. From Wordnik.com. [The Survivors of the Chancellor] Reference
The Editors are indebted also to Miss Ridgway for permission to reproduce by heliotype process a bill of lading which is inserted at the beginning of Vol - ume II. From Wordnik.com. [Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society] Reference
A third is coming home with rich and wealthy lading. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
Or heroes 'neath heaven, to whose hands came the lading. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
Sometimes there are ships, which not having a lading for. From Wordnik.com. [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference
Have the bill of lading handed over to our agent to check up. From Wordnik.com. [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference
The drayman came in and handed the druggist the bill of lading. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
Domecq was working down below, lading the stuff into bullock-carts. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
An order bill of lading is one that may be transferred upon indorsement. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
November 1785, she fell down to Gravesend, where she completed her lading. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
They have the budgets, instructions, bills of lading and transportation reports. From Wordnik.com. ['Access Must Be Unrestricted'] Reference
I received with them, a bill of lading with port charges, export duties and freight. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
Bills of lading are of two general kinds -- "straight consignment bills" and "order bills.". From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
In making ordinary shipments it is not usual or necessary to make out a formal bill of lading. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
Of course, when no bill of lading is made out, the receipt should be preserved by the shipper. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
Here and there, the incombustible materials among the debris showed the lading of particular cars. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
The vessels having received their lading, swung out upon the river and laid at anchor during the night. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
The parties to a bill of lading are three -- the shipper, the consignee, and the transportation company. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
I therefore directed the bills of lading, invoices, etc., to be made out with B. Wier & Co. as consignees. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
"We can talk over the bills of lading and so on, while the youngster has a run round to see what a ship is like, eh?". From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
Then said Hrut, "My wish is that thou shouldest take meal and timber, and whatever else thou needest out of the lading.". From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
The Beggars of both Sexes helped to empty his Cabinet, and to leave room in them for a new lading upon the next Occasion. From Wordnik.com. [Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles] Reference
Our Captain discharged (20th March) this frigate of her lading; and because she was new, strong, and of a good mould, the next day. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Francis Drake Revived] Reference
All was up now, of course; the Japs prosecuted the search with renewed keenness, and the nature of our lading soon stood revealed. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War] Reference
Bills of lading are negotiable and maybe transferred by indorsement, but are of no value apart from the goods to which they give title. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
Oliver welcomed him with both hands, and he gave back to Oliver his ships, with their lading, and said that was his share of the spoil. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
The proposition to unpack the lading, take the wagons apart, and carry all down by hand, appeared for a time to be the only feasible plan. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference
Acting upon this principle, the shipper declares in the bill of lading that the goods shall be delivered unto the consignee or his assigns. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
Saying to them: Ye men, I see that the voyage beginneth to be with injury and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
When a straight consignment bill of lading is issued the goods must be delivered to the consignee or to the person to whom he may order them delivered. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
When the skipper heard that, he said he must have the mill, for if he only had it, he thought, he need not take his long voyages across stormy seas for a lading of salt. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
Marine bills of lading are usually made in triplicate; one is kept by the shipper, another by the vessel, and the third is sent by mail to the person to receive the goods. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
The ship indeed, giving two or three knocks, staved and sank, but the man and the two youths jumped ashore and were safe; and the lading, being tin, was afterwards secured. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
Of all which myself has seen great quantity taken, especially the last summer at Smith's Island at one haul a frigate's lading of sturgeon, bass, and other great fish in Captain. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
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