A freight transportation contract becomes effective by virtue of a carrier promising to receive goods from a shipper and deliver them to a consignee, and the shipper promising to pay freight charges for that outcome.
物品運送契約は、運送人が荷送人からある物品を受け取りこれを運送して荷受人に引き渡すことを約し、荷送人がその結果に対してその運送賃を支払うことを約することによって、その効力を生ずる。
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carrier
「運送人」
A person whose business is undertaking land, marine or air transportation.
Defined inArticle 569, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law