bailee
[bey-lee]
- a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
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Origin of bailee
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It has often been remarked that a servant must be distinguished from a bailee.
The Common LawOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Give an example of a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailee.
To what extent can a bailee limit his liability by agreement?
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the LaymanAlbert Sidney Bolles
Property loaned to a bailee for the latter's accommodation constitutes a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailee.
Examples of bailments for the sole benefit of the bailee are loans to the bailee without compensation to the bailor.
bailee
- contract law a person to whom the possession of goods is transferred under a bailment
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