Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who leaves property with another for safekeeping.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, one who delivers goods to another in bailment. See
bailment
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law One who
bails property ; one who places property in the hands of another (called abailee ) forsafekeeping .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment
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Examples
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If it is for the benefit of the bailor, that is, the boy who intrusts it, then he can't require the other to pay for it, unless he was grossly negligent.
Rollo's Museum Jacob Abbott 1841
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Doesn't solve the problem -- The "bailor" typically does not put conditions on the bailee that end up improving behavior or solving the underlying problem.
Gary Liberson, PhD: Writing Checks Your Body Can't Cash PhD Gary Liberson 2010
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The person delivering the goods is called the "bailor".
Recently Uploaded Slideshows shrivenkatesha 2009
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Yes | No | Report from bailor 09 wrote 46 weeks 5 days ago you can never go wrong with a good ol 'muzzy broadhead on a carbon express arrow.
Beginning Bowhunting 2009
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Yes | No | Report from bailor 09 wrote 46 weeks 5 days ago you can never go wrong with a good ol 'muzzy broadhead on a carbon express arrow.
Beginning Bowhunting 2009
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Yes | No | Report from bailor 09 wrote 1 year 6 days ago to michcitydds just work out at home by going out and taking a sack with sand or dirt in it and go for a walk pulling the sack. this will get you in great dragging shape.
First serious bow?q 2009
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Yes | No | Report from bailor 09 wrote 1 year 6 days ago to michcitydds just work out at home by going out and taking a sack with sand or dirt in it and go for a walk pulling the sack. this will get you in great dragging shape.
First serious bow?q 2009
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Yes | No | Report from bailor 09 wrote 1 year 6 days ago nice trout, congrtulations!!!
Field & Stream 2009
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Yes | No | Report from bailor 09 wrote 46 weeks 5 days ago back up to bowhunter. 22's now are so revolutionary, it's easy to shoot squirrels but a bow is much more of a challenge
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Yes | No | Report from bailor 09 wrote 46 weeks 5 days ago back up to bowhunter. 22's now are so revolutionary, it's easy to shoot squirrels but a bow is much more of a challenge
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