Once a shipper tenders a consignment to a common carrier, a clearly regulated legal relationship takes effect: the carrier is legally obliged to accept freight from the general public under published, non-discriminatory tariff conditions.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier
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