bailment
the delivery of personal property returnable to the bailor after being held for some purpose.
Origin of bailment
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How to use bailment in a sentence
Then Rollo came back to his father to ask him a little more about bailments.
Rollo's Museum | Jacob AbbottThe majority of bailments are for the benefit of both bailor and bailee.
This class of bailments includes the hiring of personal property.
The most common example of this class of bailments is that of common carriers.
Examples of bailments for the sole benefit of the bailee are loans to the bailee without compensation to the bailor.
British Dictionary definitions for bailment
/ (ˈbeɪlmənt) /
contract law a contractual delivery of goods in trust to a person for a specific purpose
criminal law the act of granting bail
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