What is CARGO? Definition of CARGO in Black's Law Dictionary – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
In mercantile law. The load or lading of a vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a ship or other merchant vessel. Seamans v. Loring, 21 Fed.Cas. 920; Thwing v. Insurance Co., 103 Mass. 401, 4 Am.Rep. 567.
While "cargo" is primarily the load of the ship, it may have a varying meaning. Pennsylvania Sugar Co. v. Czarnikow-Rionda Co., C.C.A.Pa., 245 F. 913, 915. The term may be applied in such a sense as to include passengers, as well as freight, but in a technical sense it designates goods only. Wolcott v. Eagle Ins. Co., 4 Pick., Mass., 429. Thus, we say, A cargo of emigrants. See 7 M. & G. 729, 744; Davison v. Von Lingen, 113 U.S. 49, 5 S.Ct. 346, 28 L.Ed. 885.
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