Consignor

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title: "Consignor" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["freight-transport", "transport-law"] description: "Party who sends a good in a contract of carriage" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consignor" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Party who sends a good in a contract of carriage ::

The consignor is the party to a contract that dispatches goods to another party on consignment. In a contract of carriage, is the party sending a shipment to be delivered whether by land, sea or air. Some carriers, such as national postal entities, use the term "sender" or "shipper" but in the event of a legal dispute the proper and technical term "consignor" will generally be used.

References

References

1. (2009). "Black's law dictionary". West.
2. (1 June 2015). "The Essential Conditions for the Validity of the Contract of Carriage". Journal of Legal Studies.

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