About The Word Bailment
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Bailment
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What's The Definition Of Bailment?
[n] the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bailment: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bailment: See Also | delivery | legal transfer | livery Bailment In Webster's Dictionary \Bail"ment\, n.
1. (Law) The action of bailing a person accused.
Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man
out of prison before he hath satisfied the law.
--Dalton.
2. (Law) A delivery of goods or money by one person to
another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a
contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be
faithfully executed. --Blackstone.
Note: In a general sense it is sometimes used as
comprehending all duties in respect to property.
--Story.
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