bailor

American  

[bey-ler, bey-lawr] / ˈbeɪ lər, beɪˈlɔr /

noun

• bailors
  plural

1. a person who delivers personal property in bailment.

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bailor British  

/ beɪˈlɔː, ˈbeɪlə /

noun

1. contract law a person who retains ownership of goods but entrusts possession of them to another under a bailment

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bailors
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bailor

First recorded in 1595–1605; bail ¹ + -or ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bailor

His lawyers had earlier told CNA that Maximilien's parents had flown over to Singapore and that a representative from his school would be his bailor.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

A bailor need not always be the owner of the thing bailed.

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

The bailor has the power and intent to exclude the bailee from the goods, and therefore may be said to be in possession of them as against the bailee.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

To allow the bailor to sue, and to give him trespass, were pretty nearly the same thing before the action on the case was heard of.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The bailor also obtained a right of action against the wrong-doer at a pretty early date.

From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes