Common carrier definitions

Common carrier

1) International law
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Common carrier

A common carrier in common law countries (corresponding to a public carrier in civil law systems, usually called simply a carrier) is a person or company that transports goods or people for any person or company and that is responsible for any possible loss of the goods during transport. A common carrier offers its services to the general public u...
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier

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common carrier

Trucking, railroad or barge lines that are licensed to transport goods or people nationwide are called common carriers.
Found on http://www.aapa-ports.org/Industry/content.cfm?ItemNumber=953

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common carrier

(from the article `carriage of goods`) In English and American law, common carriers are distinguished from other carriers. A common carrier is one who holds himself out as being ready to ... ...capabilities is known as a private carrier. There are also contract carriers, which are independent transportation firms that can be hired by .....
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common carrier

A transportation company, such as a rail line or trucking firm. See carrier.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20108

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Common Carrier

It is an individual or a company that transports people or goods on hire from one place to another for a specific amount of fees charged.Private carriers on the other hand transports goods or people for special purposes or on a one time basis only.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21213

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Common Carrier

A transportation company moving people or goods. For exhibit freight, the carrier usually accepts only crated materials and consolidates the properties of several customers into one shipment bound for the same destination.
Found on http://www.exhibitoronline.com/glossary/index.html?letter=c

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common carrier

Truck or trucking company licensed and regulated by the Surface Transportation Board. (They are different from exempt haulers who are truckers not regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission.)
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common carrier

Holds himself out for hire to the general public. Must post rates and cannot discriminate against customers whose cargo he is equipped to carry.
Found on http://www.insurexchange.com/glossary/maritime.htm

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Common Carrier

Transporter who holds himself out to the general public for the transportation of goods over a definite route and according to a regular schedule.
Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c069.htm

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Common Carrier

An individual, a company, or a public utility (like municipal buses) that is in the regular business of transporting people or freight, and must do so as long as the approved charge or fare is paid.
Found on http://www.nolo.com/dictionary/common-carrier-term.html

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Common Carrier

A freight carrier who hauls all types of common freight to various geographic locations.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21080

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Common Carrier

Licensed, private utility company that supplies communication services to the public at regulated prices.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22803

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common carrier

(in federal regulatory and other legal usage) a carrier offering its services at published rates to all persons for interstate transportation. · a public service or public utility company, as a telephone or telegraph company, engaged in the transmitting of messages for the public. Also called
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