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bailment
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bailment, n.
- The action of bailing a person accused. [1913 Webster]"Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law." [1913 Webster]
- 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. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]" In a general sense it is sometimes used as comprehending all duties in respect to property." Story. [1913 Webster]
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