LEGAL WORD
Bailment
Legal term · Contract law
Bailment
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Contract law
1 What it means
Delivery of goods by one person to another for a purpose, to be returned or dealt with as directed.
2 Use it in a sentence
Leaving a car with a parking attendant creates a bailment.
3 Make it stick
Write your own sentence using Bailment about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.
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