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Lading
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from "to lade," O. Eng. hladan, to put cargo on board; cf. "load"), BILL OF, the document given as receipt by the master of a merchant vessel to the consignor of goods, as a guarantee for their safe delivery to the consignee. (See AFFREIGHTMENT.)
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lading'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lading.html. 1910.