bailment
Americannoun
noun
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contract law a contractual delivery of goods in trust to a person for a specific purpose
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criminal law the act of granting bail
Etymology
Origin of bailment
1545–55; earlier bailement < Anglo-French; Old French baillement. See bail 1, -ment
Example Sentences
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But if he were to ask you to carry his knife somewhere to be mended, and you should take it, then it would be a bailment to you for his benefit.”
From Rollo's Museum by Jacob Abbott
He said he did not know any thing about bailment, except bailing out boats—he had never heard of bailing fishes.
From Rollo's Museum by Jacob Abbott
The word bailment is from bail, French, to deliver.
From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Andrew W. Young
Second, there are the real contracts of debt and bailment.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound
Agistment, or the taking in of cattle or live stock to feed at a rate of so much per head, is a contract of bailment.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
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