A freight forwarder issues cargo shipment related documents. the forwarder must sign as a carrier or as a multimodal transport operator. Done to meet standard commercial requirements .

This a part of the attorney’s fee that is paid to another attorney who is handling the case. See fee splitting.

One who receives and forwards goods,taking upon himself the expenses of transportation , for which he receives a compensationfrom the owners, having no concern in the vessels or wagons by […]

a phrase that means you go from port to port during a voyage at sea.

To find a date when the work will be finished, working forwards from the current date, this is a method of determining a production schedule. Refer also to backwards scheduling […]

In the civil law . A ditch; a receptacle of water, made by hand. Dig. 43, 14,1, 5. In old English law . A ditch. A pit full of water, […]

In old English law . The duty levied on the inhabitants for repairing themoat or ditch round a fortified town.

In old English law . Fosse-work ; or the service of laboring, done by Inhabitants and adjoiningtenants, for the repair and maintenance of the ditches round a city or town, […]

A dyke, ditch, or trench; a place inclosed by a ditch ; a moat; a canal.

One of the four ancient Roman ways through England. Spelman.

A small ditch. Cowell.

Fossil fuels are highly concentrated forms of pre-Man sunlight trapped in organic cells. Since the industrial revolution in the mid 19th century to early 20th century, thought to be the […]

the term given to an adult who will rear another person’s child.

An ancient custom in Ireland, in which persons put away their childrento fosterers. Fostering was held to be a stronger alliance than blood, and the fosterchildren participated in the fortunes […]

Land given, assigned, or allotted to the finding of food or victuals forany person or persons; as in monasteries for the monks, etc. Cowell; Blount.

The remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also the jointure of a wife. Jacob.

In Hindu law. Under the Mogul government a magistrate of the policeover a large district, who took cognizance of all criminal matters within his jurisdiction ,and sometimes was employed as […]

B/L documenting carrier issues with the goods to be shipped. These adverse remarks or notations are known as ‘clauses’. Issues with the goods or its packaging are varied. Examples: look […]

a phrase that means a person has been accused.

a phrase that means a person has been acquitted of an accusation.

The founding or building of a college or hospital. The incorporationor endowment of a college or hospital is the foundation ; and he who endows it withland or other property […]

Fire insurance section that calculates a property’s total loss value by excluding the value of a property’s foundation.

Another name for geotechnical investigation .

A creditbased CAPITAL ALLOCATION process promulgated by the BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS (BIS) under the INTERNAL RATINGS BASED (IRB) APPROACH. BANKS use internal models to determine a COUNTERPARTY

Based upon; arising from, growing out of, or resting upon; as in theexpressions “founded in fraud,” “founded on a consideration ,” “founded on contract,”and the like. See In re Grant […]