Misshipment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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