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[syn: consigner, consignor]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
consignor
n 1: the person who delivers over or commits merchandise [syn:
consigner, consignor]
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.