bail·ment /ˈbe(ə)lmənt/
寄託,保釋
Bail·ment 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. --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.
Note: ☞ In a general sense it is sometimes used as comprehending all duties in respect to property.
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bailment
n : the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to
the bailee