The seller delivers an endorsed bill of lading to place the shipped goods under the buyer's control, without physically handing over the goods. Which term specifically describes delivery by handing…

Handing over a document of title such as an endorsed bill of lading puts the goods under the buyer's control without moving them, which is symbolic delivery, one of the ways of putting goods into the buyer's possession recognised by section 33 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930. Constructive delivery by acknowledgment arises when a third person holding the goods attorns to the buyer, which did not happen here.