- common carrier
- noun Date: 15th century a business or agency that is available to the public for transportation of persons, goods, or messages
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
common carrier
Look at other dictionaries:
common carrier — n: a business or agency that is available to the public for transportation of persons, goods, or messages compare contract carrier Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
common carrier — ➔ carrier * * * common carrier UK US noun [C] ► (also public carrier) TRANSPORT, COMMERCE a company that provides regular services to the general public transporting people or goods: »The amendment says the penalties do not apply to common… … Financial and business terms
Common carrier — Common Com mon, a. [Compar. {Commoner}; superl. {Commonest}.] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Common carrier — Carrier Car ri*er, n. [From {Carry}.] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. [1913 Webster] The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
common carrier — common carrier, adj. common carriage. 1. Transp. (in federal regulatory and other legal usage) a carrier offering its services at published rates to all persons for interstate transportation. 2. a public service or public utility company, as a… … Universalium
common carrier — n. a person or company in the business of transporting passengers or goods for a fee, at uniform rates available to all persons … English World dictionary
Common carrier — Admiralty law History … Wikipedia
common carrier — One who holds himself out to the public as engaged in the business of transporting persons or property from place to place, for compensation, offering his services to the public generally. 13 Am J2d Car § 2. A status dependent upon the activities … Ballentine's law dictionary
common carrier by motor vehicle — A carrier having the status of a common carrier who uses busses, taxicabs, trucks, or other motor vehicles as the means of transportation. 13 Am J2d Car §§ 14, 17. As defined by section 303(a) of the Motor Carrier Act of 1935, any person who or… … Ballentine's law dictionary
common carrier of livestock — A common carrier of goods, which transports livestock, is as to the livestock also a common carrier. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v Hall, 124 Ga 322, 32 SE 679 … Ballentine's law dictionary
common carrier's lien — A lien existing independently of contract on goods delivered to a common carrier for carriage, which attaches as soon as the carrier s liability as such begins, and continues until the freight charges, including storage charges, are paid. 13 Am… … Ballentine's law dictionary
