Found 2 items, similar to bailment.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bailment bailment n : the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bailment Bailment \Bail"ment\, n. 1. (Law) The action of bailing a person accused. [1913 Webster] Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law. --Dalton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: In a general sense it is sometimes used as comprehending all duties in respect to property. --Story. [1913 Webster]