But if he were to ask you to carry his knife somewhere to be mended, and you should take it, then it would be a bailment to you for his benefit.
All this conversation about bailment, and about its being for his benefit, not Rollo's, was entirely unintelligible to Henry, who had never studied the law of bailment at all.
A bailment is only where property is intrusted to another, for a certain purpose, to be returned again to the possession of the owner, when the purpose is accomplished.
There is a principle in the law of bailment which I did not explain to you the other day.
A thing may be bailed to you for your benefit; as, for instance, if James were to lend you his knife, the knife would be a bailment to you for your benefit.
For instance, when Jonas is sawing wood with my saw, the saw is a bailment from me to him; it remains my property; but he is to use it for a specific purpose, and then return it to my possession.
Vadium, pawn or pledge; a bailment of personal property as a security for a debt.
Depositum, or bailment without reward, in order that the bailee may keep the goods for the bailor.
A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.
The bailmentis for the mutual benefit of both A and B.
If the parties to a bailment of this class specifically contract as to who shall bear the loss in case of accident, or as to the degree of care which shall be exercised, these express stipulations prevail.
Give an example of a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailee.
In case of a bailmentfor the sole benefit of the bailor, the bailee is obliged to exercise only slight care, and is liable only for gross negligence.
While the title to the property in question remains in the bailor, the right of possession during the period covered by the contract of bailment is in the bailee.
Parties to a bailment must be competent to contract.
If the bailment is for the sole benefit of the bailor, the bailee receiving no compensation for his inconvenience and work, he is required to exercise only slight care, and is liable only for gross negligence.
Where personal property is deposited with another for safe keeping, or for the purpose of having work performed on it, without compensation to the bailee, the transaction is called a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailor.
Give an example of a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailor.
It is sometimes said that a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailor is not a contract by reason of there being no consideration.
Where a mutual benefit bailmentrequires the bailee to use skill in connection with the property bailed, the bailor must exercise a degree of skill ordinarily used by persons who perform similar work.
Another kind of bailment is the hiring of property for a reward.
When the period of bailment is ended, the thing bailed must be returned.
At the expiration of the bailment he must deliver the machine to the owner or person authorized by him to receive it, and is liable if neglecting or refusing.
Another part was the liability of persons exercising a public employment for loss or damage, enhanced in cases of bailment by what remained of the rule in Southcote's Case.
The question of precedent is simply to what extent the old common law of bailment still survives.
The more important alternative allegation, the assumpsit, had the effect in the end of introducing the not intrinsically objectionable doctrine that all duties arising from a bailment are founded on contract.
I now proceed to the discussion for the sake of which an account of the law of bailment was introduced, and to which an understanding of that part of the law is a necessary preliminary.
Southcote's Case, and his impression that the common law of bailment was borrowed from Rome.
It is not strictly necessary to go on and complete the proof that our law of bailment is of pure German descent.
They are so many attempts to state the duty of the bailee specifically, according to the nature of the bailment and of the object bailed.
The other cases relied on were some of those on general bailment collected above; the same authorities, in short, on which Southcote's Case was founded.
A bailment is the rightful holding of an article of personal property by one, for the accomplishment of a certain purpose, with an obligation to return it after the completion of that purpose.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bailment" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
