break-bulk

Having, being, or related to shipments of goods packed in small, separable units.

Refers to a doctrine whereby a bailee could be charged with larceny by trespass if he opened a chest, parcel, or case containing goods entrusted to his care and converted some to his own use; the trespass necessary for larceny was complete even if the goods were not in a container but were themselves delivered in bulk provided that the bailee separated only a portion of the goods entrusted to him. If he converted all of the goods, there was, however, no breaking bulk and hence no trespass and no larceny. Perkins & Boyce, Criminal Law 320-321 (3rd ed. 1982).

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Break bulk or breaking bulk may refer to:

• Break bulk cargo, a shipping term for any loose material that must be loaded individually, and not in shipping containers nor in bulk as with oil or grain. Used in this connection, "breakbulk" is often one word.
• Breaking bulk (law), a legal term for taking anything out of a package or parcel or in any way destroying its entirety.

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