way bill

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way bill - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  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.)