Encl. (7) to COMDTINST 4610.6
GLOSSARY
BURDEN OF PROOF: The burden is on the government to prove the facts of carrier
responsibility for loss or damage, the amount, and extent of damages. These facts must be shown
with reasonable certainty.
CLEAR DELIVERY RECEIPT: A receipt given to a carrier, which shows a shipment was
delivered complete or in apparent good order.
CONCEALED LOSS/DAMAGE: Loss or damage to the contents of a package that is not evident
when delivered by the carrier, but is later discovered when the consignee opens the package, checks
its contents, and discovers the loss or damage.
DEADHEAD: Transportation by a commercial carrier on a nonrevenue freight bill.
DISCREPANCY: "Discrepancy," "transportation-type discrepancy," "discrepancy notation,"
"discrepancy in shipment," and "bad-order delivery," denote a variation in quantity or condition of
materiel received from that shown on the bill of lading or governing transportation document.
FREE ASTRAY: Used by commercial carriers to designate and describe misdirected freight that
is being transported at the carrier's expense to the proper consignee.
FREIGHT LOSS/DAMAGE CLAIM (FLDC): "Freight claim" or "claim" refers to Standard
Form (SF) 362, U.S. Government Freight Loss/Damage Claim. This form gives the factual data of
an in- transit loss, damage, or destruction of Coast Guard property in the custody of a commercial
carrier. It is the document used by claims offices to establish claim against the carrier.
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES: Those damages which naturally and proximately arise from the loss
of or injury to property in the possession of the carrier for transportation. This includes expenses
reasonably and necessarily incurred by the government in an effort to preserve the property or
mitigate the amount of loss.
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