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- noun Plural form of
consignment .
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Examples
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In the auction world, Christie's says consignments from the Los Angeles region have tripled in the past year.
The L.A. Art Boom Lauren A. E. Schuker 2010
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Whoever sent those consignments is supposed to sort out the issue of the consignees.
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Fourth Geneva also prohibits collective punishment; the use of human shields; private property destruction; torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; denying the population adequate amounts of food and medical supplies; and assuring free passage of all "consignments" intended for civilian purposes.
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Fourth Geneva also prohibits collective punishment; the use of human shields; private property destruction; torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; denying the population adequate amounts of food and medical supplies; and assuring free passage of all "consignments" intended for civilian purposes.
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Fourth Geneva also prohibits collective punishment; the use of human shields; private property destruction; torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; denying the population adequate amounts of food and medical supplies; and assuring free passage of all "consignments" intended for civilian purposes.
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Other Fourth Geneva provisions prohibit: collective punishment "for an offence he or she has not personally committed;" the destruction of private or public property unrelated to military operations; torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment at all times, under all circumstances, with no allowable exceptions; assuring the population of adequate food and medical supplies and providing relief by all available means; and allowing free passage of all "consignments" intended for civilian purposes.
unknown title 2009
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Fourth Geneva also prohibits collective punishment; the use of human shields; private property destruction; torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; denying the population adequate amounts of food and medical supplies; and assuring free passage of all "consignments" intended for civilian purposes.
Indybay newswire 2009
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Fourth Geneva also prohibits collective punishment; the use of human shields; private property destruction; torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; denying the population adequate amounts of food and medical supplies; and assuring free passage of all "consignments" intended for civilian purposes.
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We carry out educational programmes for fishermen in different countries, including India, but the menace of bacterial contamination and antibiotic residues continue to hound the export consignments, which is a cause for concern, "said Ron Lee, director of the National Reference Laboratory at Weymouth in United Kingdom.
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-- allowing free passage of all "consignments" intended for civilian purposes.
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