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bailment

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Noun
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bail=ment

CIDE DICTIONARY

bailmentn. 
  •  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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bailment, n. the act of delivering goods etc. for a (usu. specified) purpose.


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