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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 252.001

This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 252.001, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.

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§ 252.001. DEFINITIONS.

Official statutory text

In this chapter:

(1) "Agent" includes an officer, employee, or receiver.

(2) "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. The term includes an air consignment note, air waybill, or other document for air transportation comparable to a bill of lading for marine or rail transportation.

(3) "Goods" means all things treated as movable for purposes of a contract of storage or transportation.

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