CONSIGNMENT, generally, the delivery or transmission of any person or thing for safe custody, e.g., of a malefactor to prison, or of a horse to the care of a groom. In law, consignment is used for the sending or transmitting of goods to a merchant or factor for sale. The person who consigns the goods is called the con signor, and the person residing at the port of delivery or elsewhere to whom the goods are to be delivered when they arrive there is called the consignee. Consignation as used in the Code Napoleon and similar systems means payment into court. (See AFFREIGHT MENT.)