SHIPPED

This term, in common maritime and commercial usage, means “placed on board of a vessel for the purchaser or consignee, to be transported at his risk.” Fisher v. Minot, 10 Gray (Mass.) 262. 1. The owner of goods who intrusts them on board a vessel for delivery abroad, by charter-party or otherwise 2. Also, a Dutch word, signifying the master of a ship. It is mentioned in some of the statutes; is now generally called “skipper.” Tomlins.