Consignor

One who makes a consignment to another.

When goods are consigned to be sold on commission, and the property remains in the consignor; or when goods have been consigned upon a credit, and the consignee has become a bankrupt or failed, the consignor has a right to stop them in transit.

The consignor is generally liable for the freight or the hire for the carriage of goods.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.