See also:

• CONSIGNMENT (from consign, Fr. consigner, Lat. consignare, to affix a signum, seal; whence, in Late Lat., to hand over, transmit)

CONSIGNMENT (from consign, Fr. consigner, See also:

• LAT

Lat. consignare, to affix a signum, See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal; whence, in See also:

• LATE

Late Lat., to See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand over, transmit)  , generally, the delivery or transmission of any See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or thing for safe custody, e.g. of a malefactor to See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, or of a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse to the care of a See also:

• GROOM

groom . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, See also:

• CONSIGNMENT (from consign, Fr. consigner, Lat. consignare, to affix a signum, seal; whence, in Late Lat., to hand over, transmit)

consignment is used of the sending or transmitting of goods to a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant or See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor for See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale . The person who consigns the goods is called the consignor, and the person residing at the See also:

• PORT

port of delivery or elsewhere to whom the goods are to be delivered when they arrive there is called the consignee . See further AFFREIGITMMENT .