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.
Today most countries in the world are democracies. Democracy is the only form of government that people around the world view as legitimate. Thirty years ago, only a quarter of the states of the world were democracies. Since then, democracy has rapidly expanded throughout the world.