Consignor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consignor \Con*sign"or\ (? or ?; 277), n.
     One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to
     consignee. [Written also {consigner}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  consignor
       n : the person who delivers over or commits merchandise [syn: {consigner}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CONSIGNOR, contracts. One who makes a consignment to another.
       2. When goods are consigned to be sold on commission, and the property 
  remains in the consignor; or when goods have been consigned upon a credit, 
  and the consignee has become a bankrupt or failed, the consignor has a right 
  to stop them in transitu. (q.v.) Abbot on Sh. p. 3, c. 
       3. The consignor is generally liable for the freight or the hire for 
  the carriage of goods. 1 T. R. 659.