ADVENTURE, BILL OF
\ɐdvˈɛnt͡ʃə], \ɐdvˈɛntʃə], \ɐ_d_v_ˈɛ_n_tʃ_ə]\
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In mercantile law. A writing signed by a merchant, stating that the property in goods shipped in his name belongs to another, to the adventure or chance of which the person so named is to stand, with a covenant from the merchant to account to him for the produce.
By Henry Campbell Black
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