Terms Used In Texas Government Code Chapter 30 > Subchapter XX - Bedford

• Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Texas Business and Commerce Code 7.102
• Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Texas Business and Commerce Code 7.102
• Consignee: means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery. See Texas Business and Commerce Code 7.102
• Consignor: means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment. See Texas Business and Commerce Code 7.102
• Delivery order: means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading. See Texas Business and Commerce Code 7.102
• Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Texas Business and Commerce Code 7.102
• Issuer: means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See Texas Business and Commerce Code 7.102
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Texas Business and Commerce Code 7.102