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WAY BILL, contracts. A writing in which is set down the names of passengers, who are carried in a public conveyance, or the description of goods sent with a common carrier by land; when the goods are carried by water, the instrument is called a bill of lading. (q.v.)
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.