CONSIGN - Black's Law Dictionary

What is CONSIGN? Definition of CONSIGN in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

In the  civil law. To  deposit in the custody of a third person a thing belonging to the debtor, for the benefit of the creditor, under the authority of a court  of justice. Poth.Obl. pt. 3, c. 1, art. 8.

In Commercial Law.  To deliver goods to a carrier  to be transmitted to a designated factor or agent. Powell v. Wallace, 44 Kan.  656,  25 P. 42; Ide Mfg.  Co.  v. Sager Mfg.  Co.,  82 Ill.App. 685. To  deliver or transfer as a charge or trust; to commit, intrust, give  in trust; to transfer from oneself  to the care of another;  to send or transmit goods  to a merchant, factor, or agent  for sale;  to deposit with  another to be sold, disposed of, or called  for. Edwards v. Baldwin Piano  Co., 79 Fla. 143, 83 So. 915, 918.

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