Definitions for bailmentˈbeɪl mənt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bail•mentˈbeɪl mənt(n.)
the act of furnishing bail, as by a bailor.
Category: Law
Origin of bailment:
1545–55; earlier bailement < AF. See bail1, -ment
Princeton's WordNet
bailment(noun)
the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
Wiktionary
bailment(Noun)
Bail.
bailment(Noun)
The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
Webster Dictionary
Bailment(noun)
the action of bailing a person accused
Bailment(noun)
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
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