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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: COM-COR |
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CONSIGNMENT (from consign, Fr. consigner, Lat. consignare, to affix a signum, seal; whence, in Late Lat., to hand over, transmit) , generally, the delivery or transmission of any person or thing for safe custody, e.g. of a malefactor to prison, or of a horse
groom
consignment is used of the sending or transmitting of goods to a merchant
sale . The person who consigns the goods is called the consignor, and the person residing at the port
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