What's the difference between bailee and bailment?

Bailee


Definition:

  • (n.) 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.

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Bailment


Definition:

  • (n.) The action of bailing a person accused.
  • (n.) A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.

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