shipper

shipper.

1. One who ships goods to another.

2. One who contracts with a carrier for the transportation of cargo. • As a legal term of art, the shipper may not be the person who owns the cargo, but an agent or an independent contractor. Cf. CARRIER(1). [Cases: Carriers 3, 41. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace § 179; Carriers§§ 2, 385.]

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译者陈鹏，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，擅长翻译各种与诉讼及争议解决相关的法律文件。