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Definition of Consigns
1. consign [v] - See also: consign
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consigns
Literary usage of Consigns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Ancient Working People: From the Earliest Known Period to by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1889)
"... treacherously breaks Faith and consigns them as Gladiators to Rome —They fight
the Eighth and last Battle in the Roman Amphitheatre among wild Beasts—A ..."
2. Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1905)
"... Sing)—this Gunga Govin Sing produces soon after another character, to whom he
consigns the custody of the whole family and the whole province. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Agency: Including Special Classes of Agents by William Lawrence Clark, Henry Heckerman Skyles (1905)
"... at the same time and place.158 And one who consigns merchandise to a factor
at a foreign port cannot hold the factor responsible for the cancellation of ..."
4. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Raphael Semmes (1864)
"This letter would seem to show that Zimmerman, Paris, and Co. are favourite
consignees with Davidson, and that he not only consigns his own lumber to them ..."
5. Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England : and by John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely (1892)
"He who consigns the goods is called the consignor, and the person to whom they
are sent is called the consignee. ..."
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