A pack or certain quantity of goods or merchandise , wrapped or packed up in cloth and corded round very tightly, marked and numbered with figures corresponding to those in the bills of lading for the purpose of identification . Wharton. A bale of cotton is a certain quantity of that commodity compressed into a cubical form, so as to occupy less room than when in bags. 2 Car. & P. 525. Penrlce v. Cocks, 2 Miss. 229. But see Bonham v. Railroad Co., 16 S. C. 634.
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