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Bailment by deposit

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Gratuitous bailment

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Pawnee

Pawnee, the bailment of goods as security for payment of a debt or performance of a promise is called 'pledge'. The

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Hire

Hire [locatio, conductio, Lat.], a bailment for a reward or compensation. It is divisible into four sorts:-(1) The hiring of a thing for use

Pawn or Pledge

Pawn or Pledge [fr. pignus, Lat.], a bailment of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to be kept till the debt is discharged. A mortgage

Bailee

Bailee, a person to whom goods are entrusted for a specific purpose. See BAILMENT; as to Larceny by Bailee, see (English) Larceny Act, 1916, ss. 1 and 2. The party of whom

deposit

is made for a specific purpose, that is to be returned to the depositor, and that creates a bailment or trust time deposit : a bank deposit that can be withdrawn only after a set period of

bailee

bailee : an individual or entity (as a business organization) having possession of another's personal property under a bailment NOTE: Carriers and warehouses are two examples of bailees. A bailee's liability for loss or damage to property

commodatum

property to be used and returned by the borrower : loan for use at loan compare deposit gratuitous bailment at bailment loan for consumption at loan

loan

the same kind as that borrowed and consumed used chiefly in the civil law of Louisiana ; compare bailment, deposit, loan for use in this entry loan for use : a loan in which one party lends

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