Look up: bailment

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   bailment
   [n] - the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
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   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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   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 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 faithful ...
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   bailment
   noun the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
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   Bailment
   `Bailment` describes a legal relationship in common law where physical possession of personal property (chattels) is transferred from one person (the 'bailor') to another person (the 'bailee') who subsequently holds possession of the property. However, it is distinguished from a contract of sale or a gift of property, as it only involves the transfer of possession and not its ownership. In order to create a bailment, the bailee must both intend t...
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   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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   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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