Thesaurus: bailment

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1. n. The action of bailing a person accused.
2. 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.
3. n. the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
4. 1. (Law) The action of bailing a person accused. Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law. Dalton. 2. (Law) 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. Note: In a general sense it is sometimes used as comprehending all duties in respect to property. Story.
5. The action of bailing a person accused.Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prisonbefore he hath satisfied the law. Dalton.
6. n. the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee