Definition of bailment Bailment

bail•ment

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Noun

Plural: bailments

bailment - the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee

legal transfer, livery, delivery the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay

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bailment (Noun)
Bail.
bailment (Noun)
The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

bailment (n.)
The action of bailing a person accused.
bailment (n.)
A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.

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bailment, noun, singular of bailments.

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