bailee

American  

[bey-lee] / beɪˈli /

noun

Law.

1. a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.

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bailee British  

/ beɪˈliː /

noun

1. 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

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 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

In this case, the bailee has no right to use the thing entrusted to him, and is liable for gross negligence, but not for ordinary negligence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

There are other ways of making a man an involuntary bailee.

From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)