Bailment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Antichresis
resemblance to this kind of pledge, I Domat, b. iii. Tit. I. s. i art. 28; Story on Bailments, 307, par. 344.
Damnum fatale
shipwreck, by lightning or other casualty, by superior force, and by robbery, but not by theft, Story on Bailments, 471
Diligence
Common Law. It lays down three degrees of diligence--ordinary (diligentia), extraordinary (exactissima diligentia), slight (levissima diligentia), Story on Bailments, 19. In Scots law, the term 'diligence' signifies execution. See NEGLIGENCE.
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Forwarding merchant
in the freight, and not being deemed a common carrier, but a mere warehouseman and agent, Story on Bailments, 509.
Negotiorum gestor
obligation every person in the community would be at the mercy of ignorant and officious friends, Story on Bailments.
Non-feasance
v. Ancholme Drainage and Nvigation Commissioners, (1921) 2 KB 213. Non-feasance not amounting to gross negligence in gratuitous bailments or undertakings is not actionable, but mis-feasance in such cases imposes a liability; and see NEGLIGENCE. Non-feasance would
Perils of the sea
the risk of inevitable mischance, and sometimes the danger arising from the want of due circumspection, Jones on Bailments, 98
Voluntary deposit
Voluntary deposit, such as arises from the mere consent and agreement of the parties, Story on Bailments, 47.
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