bill of adventure

British  

noun

1. a certificate made out by a merchant to show that goods handled by him and his agents are the property of another party at whose risk the dealing is done

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Example Sentences

An enterprise in which something is left to hazard.—A bill of adventure is one signed by the merchant, by which he takes the chances of the voyage.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

From a bill of adventure that goes back to 1608, the nature of the promise of land is revealed in the agreement between Henry Dawkes and Richard Atkinson, clerk of the Virginia Company.

From Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 by Robinson, Walter Stitt

Fortunately the bill of adventure of 1608 was recorded with the patent by Governor John Harvey in 1632 to William Dawkes, son and heir of Henry Dawkes.

From Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 by Robinson, Walter Stitt