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Bailment   Listen
noun
Bailment  n.  
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."
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. Note: In a general sense it is sometimes used as comprehending all duties in respect to property.





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Words linked to "Bailment" :   delivery, livery, legal transfer


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