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, a federation of states with a republican form of government, i.e., a representative democracy, where the citizens elect their representatives for fixed terms of office. Ben Franklin was asked by a woman What type of government do we have? as he left the ratification of the Constitution. His reply was A Republic Ma'am ... if you can k â¦ eep it!. Upon it's ratification, the Constitution of the United States of America established the United States as a Constitutional Republic.