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bailee

American

[bey-lee] / beɪˈli /

noun

Law.

a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.

bailee British

/ beɪˈliː /

noun

contract law a person to whom the possession of goods is transferred under a bailment

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Etymology

Origin of bailee

First recorded in 1520–30; bail ¹ + -ee

Example Sentences

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The State of Illinois had added to the charges of larceny and embezzlement for which he was arrested last October, the new charge of "theft by bailee."

From Time Magazine Archive

The court gave bondsmen the right to rearrest the bailee at any time or place�even when he has no intention of jumping bail whatever.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bailee is "on a string," and the bondsmen "may pull the string whenever they please."

From Time Magazine Archive

Money Stolen, Bailed or Loaned, Insolvency, Gifts.—Property stolen by A. or left with him as bailee to be returned in specie, can not be given away by him for charity.

From The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law by Scanlan, Charles M.

A bailee has a lien for his service and proper expenditures in caring for and preserving the thing bailed, but not for any other debt the bailor may owe him.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

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