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Multimodal carriage
Multimodal carriageMultimodal carriage is the transport of goods by two or more carriers using two or more types of carriage (i.e. truck, rail, sea and air). The Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods, 1980 (the Multimodal Convention 1980) was adopted by the United Nations, but is not in force. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Convention 1) Contracts, civil law. A general term which comprehends all kinds of contracts, treaties, pacts, or agreements. It is defined to be the consent of two or more persons to form with each other an engagement, or to dissolve or change one which they had previously formed. 2) , legislation. This term is applied to a selecting of the delegates elected by the people for other purposes than usual legislation. It is mostly used to denote all assembly to make or amend the constitution of, a state, but it sometimes indicates an assembly of the delegates of the people to nominate officers to be supported at an election. International That which pertains to intercourse between nations. International law is that which regulates the intercourse between, or the relative rights of nations. Nations Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Multi-level marketing A form of Pyramid Scheme, not necessarily fraudulent, where sales are made to retail customers and commissions earned through many levels of the chain within the pyramid. The chain is built and expanded by each layer constantly recruiting more people to sell the product or service. Multifariousness Equity pleading. By multifariousness in a bill, is understood the improperly joining in one bill distinct matters, and thereby confounding them; as, for example, the uniting in one bill, several matters, perfectly distinct and unconnected, against one defendant; or the demand of several matters of distinct natures, against several defendants in the same bill. Multimodal convention The United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods, adopted at Geneva on May 24, 1980 (not yet in force). Multiple numbered rules An approach to conflict of laws whereby solutions to conflict problems are sought in private codifications of numbered rules, presumably providing one conflict rule for every possible legal relationship. Examples may be found in the rules propounded in the Restatement Second of the Conflict of Laws infra and in Dicey & Morris, supra. Multitude The meaning of this word is not very certain. By some it is said that to make a multitude there must be ten persons at least, while others contend that the law has not fixed any number. Multure Scotch law. The quantity of grain or meal payable to the proprietor of the mill, or to the multurer, his tacksman, for manufacturing the corns. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Mulatto A person born of one white and one black parent. Mulct 1) Punishment. A fine imposed on the conviction of an offence. 2) Commerce An imposition laid on ships or goods by a company of trade, for the maintenance of consuls and the like. Obsolete. Mulier A woman, a wife; sometimes it is used to designate a marriageable virgin, and in other cases the word mulier is employed in opposition to virgo. Multifariousness Equity pleading. By multifariousness in a bill, is understood the improperly joining in one bill distinct matters, and thereby confounding them; as, for example, the uniting in one bill, several matters, perfectly distinct and unconnected, against one defendant; or the demand of several matters of distinct natures, against several defendants in the same bill. Multi-level marketing A form of Pyramid Scheme, not necessarily fraudulent, where sales are made to retail customers and commissions earned through many levels of the chain within the pyramid. The chain is built and expanded by each layer constantly recruiting more people to sell the product or service. Multimodal carriage Multimodal convention The United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods, adopted at Geneva on May 24, 1980 (not yet in force). Multiple numbered rules An approach to conflict of laws whereby solutions to conflict problems are sought in private codifications of numbered rules, presumably providing one conflict rule for every possible legal relationship. Examples may be found in the rules propounded in the Restatement Second of the Conflict of Laws infra and in Dicey & Morris, supra. Multitude The meaning of this word is not very certain. By some it is said that to make a multitude there must be ten persons at least, while others contend that the law has not fixed any number. Multure Scotch law. The quantity of grain or meal payable to the proprietor of the mill, or to the multurer, his tacksman, for manufacturing the corns. Munera The name given to grants made in the early feudal ages, which were mere tenancies at will, or during the pleasure of the grantor. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Multimodal carriage. 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