- 1. n. The action of bailing a person accused. Source: opted
- 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 6. n. the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee Source: ecdict
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