Look up: bailment

1. bailment
   [n] - the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
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2. bailment
   Give a chattel into custody. Category: Law • Contract whereby the bailee is obligated to the bailor to take a chattel into custody,which the latter entrusts to him,and to keep it in a safe place. Category: Law
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3. Bailment
   Bail'ment noun 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 ...
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4. bailment
   noun the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
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5. Bailment
   • (n.) The action of bailing a person accused. • (n.) 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.
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6. bailment
   in Anglo-American property law, delivery of specific goods by one person, called the bailor, to another person, called the bailee, for some ... [1 related articles]
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7. Bailment
   A legal relationship created when a person gives property to someone else for safekeeping. To create a bailment the other party must knowingly have exclusive control over the property. The receiver must use reasonable care to protect the property.
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8. Bailment
   (n) Bailment is the process by which the custody of a property is transferred to another person or legal entity for safe keeping of such property. Normally bailment is a paid service and imparts a responsibility and obligation on the custodian to protect the goods
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9. Bailment
   Bailment is a delivery of goods from the bailor (the owner of the goods) to the bailee (the recipient of the goods), on the condition that the goods will ultimately be returned to the bailor. The goods may thus be hired, lent, pledged, or deposited for safe custody. A delivery of this nature is usua...
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10. Bailment
    `Bailment` describes a legal relationship in common law where physical possession of personal property, or chattel, is transferred from one person (the `bailor`) to another person (the `bailee`) who subsequently has possession of the property. It arises when a person gives property to someone else f...
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