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Bailment

the liability of a bailee for the acts of his servants, see Cheshire v. Bailey, (1905) 1 KB 237. See CARRIER. (6) Mandatum. A delivery … or implied, to conform to the object or purpose of the trust.' In the celebrated case of Coggs v. Bernard, (1704) Ld Raym 909; 1 Sm L C, Lord Holt divided bailments thus:- (1) Depositum, or a … Bailment [fr. bailler, Fr., to deliver], a compendious expression to signify a contract resulting from delivery; perhaps best defined as a 'delivery of a thing in