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Bailor vs Bailment - What's the difference?

bailor | bailment |

In legal|lang=en terms the difference between bailor and bailment

is that bailor is (legal) one who bails property; one who places property in the hands of another (called a bailee) for safekeeping while bailment is (legal) 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.

As nouns the difference between bailor and bailment

is that bailor is (legal) one who bails property; one who places property in the hands of another (called a bailee) for safekeeping while bailment is (obsolete) bail.

bailor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) One who bails property; one who places property in the hands of another (called a bailee) for safekeeping.

    • bailment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Bail.
  • (legal) 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.

    • Hypernyms

    * (in law) contract

    Hyponyms

    * (in law) deposit * (in law) loan * (in law) mandate * (in law) pawn * (in law) pledge

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