Terms Used In Texas Business and Commerce Code Chapter 7 > Subchapter D - Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations

• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• 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
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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