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Definition of Missending
1. missend [v] - See also: missend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Missending
Literary usage of Missending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Negligence by James Henry Deering (1886)
"Boute to be chosen —missending goods. 2 1M. Stowage. 2 115. Duty to preserve
goods injured during carriage, 2 113. Duty after arrival of goods. 2 1:7. ..."
2. Sessional Papers by British Columbia Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly (1901)
"(d) A missending railway dealing with vehicles in contravention of Regulation
... But the foreign railway shall pay to the missending railway any demurrage ..."
3. Railway Management at Stations by Edmund B. Ivatts (1898)
"... of theft or of missending. Sometimes, however, the character of the goods,
such as drink, or the prevalence of theft. may afford ground for suspicion. ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1859)
"Whilst the department uses the best means in its power to correct the errors of
careless correspondents, it has generally to bear the blame of missending ..."
5. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1889)
"... and that Ihe first knowledge he had of the missending of the telegram was the
information he received from the brokers, as stated above. ..."
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