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Valued bill of lading or ad valorem bill of lading






Valued bill of lading or ad valorem bill of lading

A valued bill of lading, sometimes called an ad valorem bill of lading, is a bill of lading where the value of the cargo has been declared by the carrier and "inserted in the bill of lading".

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Bill
1) Legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment. After it has gone through both houses and received the constitutional sanction of the chief magistrate, where such approbation is requisite, it becomes a law. 2) Merchant law. An account containing the items of goods sold, or of work done by one person against another. 3) Contracts. A bill or obligation, is a deed whereby the obligor acknowledges himself to owe unto the obligee a certain sum of money or some other thing, in which, besides the names of the parties, are to be considered the sum or thing due, the time, place, and manner of payment or delivery thereof. It may be indented, or poll, and with or without a penalty.

Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.

Cargo
Maritim law. The entire load of a ship or other vessel.

Carrier
One who engages to transport persons or property.



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Valuable consideration
Contracts. An equivalent for a thing purchased.

Valuation
The act of ascertaining the worth of a thing; or it is the esti-mated worth of a thing

Valuation process
A systematic procedure employed to provide the answer to a client's question about real property value.

Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.

Value received
This phrase is usually employed in a bill of exchange or promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it.

Valued policy
A valued policy is one where the value has been set on the ship or goods insured, and this value has been inserted in the policy in the nature of liquidated damages, to save the necessity of proving it in case of loss.



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Valuable consideration
Contracts. An equivalent for a thing purchased.

Valuation
The act of ascertaining the worth of a thing; or it is the esti-mated worth of a thing

Valuation process
A systematic procedure employed to provide the answer to a client's question about real property value.

Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.

Value received
This phrase is usually employed in a bill of exchange or promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it.

Valued bill of lading or ad valorem bill of lading

Valued policy
A valued policy is one where the value has been set on the ship or goods insured, and this value has been inserted in the policy in the nature of liquidated damages, to save the necessity of proving it in case of loss.

Vassal
Feudal law. This was the name given to the holder of a fief, bound to perform feudal service; this word was then always correlative to that of lord, entitled to such service.

Vectigalia
Among the Romans this word signified duties which were paid to the prince for the importation and exportation of certain merchandise. They differed from tribute, which was a tax paid by each individual .

Vehicle
Any thing that is designed to transport persons or objects. A bicycle has been held to be a vehicle.

Vejours
An obsolete word, which signified viewers or experts.

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