Misshipment
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A shipment that is misdelivered; an instance of misshipping.
"In an action for loss sustained by misshipment of freight to the wrong destination, plaintiff was entitled to testify to a statement by defendant's agent as to what the freight would be, when directions were given to ship the car to a correct destination."
Example
More examples"In an action for loss sustained by misshipment of freight to the wrong destination, plaintiff was entitled to testify to a statement by defendant's agent as to what the freight would be, when directions were given to ship the car to a correct destination."
Etymology
From mis- + shipment.
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