Title 18. Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions — Subtitle 1. Definitions
Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.
Md. Code Ann., Com. Law § 18-101 (2026)
Title 18. Bills of Lading and Warehouse Receipts -- Criminal Provisions
Subtitle 1. Definitions
§ 18–101LinkCopy Citation
(a)
In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)
(1)
“Bill of lading” means a document evidencing the receipt of goods for shipment issued by a person engaged in the business of transporting or forwarding goods.
(2)
“Bill of lading” includes an airbill; that is, a document serving for air transportation as a bill of lading does for marine or rail transportation, and includes an air consignment note or air waybill.
(c)
“Conspicuous” has the meaning stated in § 1–201(10) of this article.
(d)
“Goods” means all things which are treated as moveable for the purposes of a contract of storage or transportation.
(e)
“Person” includes an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(f)
“Warehouse receipt” means a receipt issued by a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.
(g)
“Warehouseman” means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire.