Definitions for bailees

bailees bail·ee

Spelling: [bey-lee]
IPA: /beɪˈli/

Bailees is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in bailees (abeeils).

Definitions for bailees

noun

  1. a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.

Origin of bailees

First recorded in 1520-30; bail1 + -ee

Examples for bailees

To what extent can a bailee limit his liability by agreement?

Property loaned to a bailee for the latter's accommodation constitutes a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailee.

This also includes the hiring of a bailee to carry goods from one place to another.

In mutual benefit bailments, the bailee is obliged to exercise ordinary care, and is liable for ordinary negligence.

It has often been remarked that a servant must be distinguished from a bailee.

A bailee is entitled to use the property bailed, and is restricted only by the limitations of the contract.

Give an example of a bailment for the sole benefit of the bailee.

The bailee must act as an ordinarily prudent man would act under the same conditions in protecting and caring for the property.

Examples of bailments for the sole benefit of the bailee are loans to the bailee without compensation to the bailor.

In mutual benefit bailments the bailee has the right to use the property bailed only for the purposes of the bailment.

Word Value for bailees
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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