Definition of bill of lading (B/L): A document issued by a carrier, or its agent, to the shipper as a contract of carriage of goods. It is also a receipt for cargo accepted for transportation, and must be presented for taking delivery ...
But we are a representative democracy, which is a form of democracy. And the same two meanings of âdemocracyâ (sometimes direct democracy, sometimes popular self-government more generally) existed at the founding of the republic as well.
The United States is a federal republic, and operates under a form of representative democracy whereby people are elected to represent the will of their respective home region â¦ s (rather than a direct democracy where decisions are put to a vote of the citizenry).