Southern Distribution,Inc.,signs a receipt for goods that will also serve as a contract for the goods' transport. This is

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A bill of lading is a legal document that serves as both a receipt of the goods being transported and a contract for the transportation of those goods. The fact that Southern Distribution, Inc. signed a receipt for goods that will also serve as a contract for transportation indicates that this is likely a bill of lading. The other options (destination contract, shipment contract, and warehouse receipt) do not necessarily encompass both the receipt and transportation contract aspects of a bill of lading.