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

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 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 company is the bailee with the power to change the bailor's separate ownership into an ownership in common with others of a larger mass, and back again.

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

If the bailee is not negligent or otherwise at fault, and the loss happened by internal defect or inevitable accident, the bailor would be the loser.

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

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