§ 8.7-301 Liability for nonreceipt or misdescription; “said to contain”; “shipper’s load and count”; improper handling
§ 8.7-302 Through bills of lading and similar documents
§ 8.7-303 Diversion; reconsignment; change of instructions
§ 8.7-304 Bills of lading in a set
§ 8.7-305 Destination bills
§ 8.7-306 Altered bills of lading
§ 8.7-307 Lien of carrier
§ 8.7-308 Enforcement of carrier’s lien
§ 8.7-309 Duty of care; contractual limitation of carrier’s liability
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 8.7 > Part 3 - Bills of Lading: Special Provisions

  • All-terrain vehicle: means a motor vehicle having three or more wheels that is powered by a motor and is manufactured for off-highway use. See Virginia Code 46.2-100
  • Bailee: means the person who by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Consignee: means the person named in a bill to whom or to whose order the bill promises delivery. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Consignor: means the person named in a bill as the person from whom the goods have been received for shipment. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Document: means document of title as defined in the general definitions in Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Good faith: means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract of storage or transportation. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Issuer: means a bailee who issues a document except that in relation to an unaccepted delivery order it means the person who orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Shipper: means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Sidewalk: means the portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use by pedestrians. See Virginia Code 46.2-100
  • Superintendent: means the Superintendent of the Department of State Police of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 46.2-100