What is the definition of a ‘shipment’?
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What is the definition of a ‘shipment’?
Is a shipment anything that comes into a building, or are there considerations
regarding size or method of delivery? Where is the line denoting a ‘shipment’?
Is a letter a shipment, or an amazon delivery, or something out of the back of
someones car, or the contents of a box truck? Is something on a pallet a
shipment? What about that same material loose on the ground?
Asked on July 10, 2019 under Business Law, New Hampshire
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
There is no specific overall legal definition. When there is no specific legal definition, the law defaults to the everday defiinition. Miriam-Webster's Dictionary online defines a "shipment" as "the goods shipped." "Goods" in turn is defined as personal property or something with value or economic utility. So a size is not a factor, and nor is delivery method. The issue is: does it have some value or is a form of personal property. A letter would not qualify (no economic value; only "personal property" in the loosest sense), but pretty much anything else, from any source or shipped any way, would qualify.
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