Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 7.102 — DEFINITIONS AND INDEX OF DEFINITIONS
BC § 7.102Title 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE · Ch. 7. DOCUMENTS OF TITLE · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)"Bailee" means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them.
(2)"Carrier" means a person that issues a bill of lading.
(3)"Consignee" means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery.
(4)"Consignor" means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment.
(5)"Delivery order" means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 122 (S.B. 1593), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.