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Webster 1913 Edition

Bailee

Bailˊee′

(bālˊē′)
,
Noun.
[OF.
baillé
, p. p. of
bailler
. See
Bail
to deliver.]
(Law)
The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.
Blackstone.
☞ In penal statutes the word includes those who receive goods for another in good faith.
Wharton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bailee

BAILEE'

,
Noun.
The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.

Definition 2025

Bailee

Bailee

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English

Proper noun

Bailee

  1. A female given name

bailee

bailee

See also: Bailee

English

Noun

bailee ‎(plural bailees)

  1. (law) One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other.

Etymology

bail +‎ -ee

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