consignor

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
consignor
    n 1: the person who delivers over or commits merchandise [syn:
         {consigner}, {consignor}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Consignor \Con*sign"or\ (? or ?; 277), n.
   One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to
   consignee. [Written also {consigner}.]
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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.
    

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