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bail·ee

(bā-lē′)

A person with whom property is left for safekeeping.

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bailee

(beɪˈliː)

(Law) contract law a person to whom the possession of goods is transferred under a bailment

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bail•ee

(beɪˈli)

n.

a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.

[1520–30]

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bailee - the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered

agent - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

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bailee

n (Jur) → Depositar(in) m(f) (einer beweglichen Sache), (treuhänderische(r)) → Verwahrer(in) m(f)

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There, the Court's characterisation of the police as bailees owing a duty of care towards the (unidentified) owner of a work by El Greco was recruited to justify an order for the deposit of the work of unknown ownership in a public museum.

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We make no representation express or implied regarding the suitability of the flame.) Few states have applied these provisions to bailments even though bailees often insert disclaimers of warranties into their receipts and contracts.

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(5) But in many cases the existence of an active duty is an open question at common law, and one that potentially applies to non-official agencies such as auction houses, borrowing museums and other bailees, as well as police and customs.

Unclaimed art and the duty of active pursuit Cornelius Gurlitt and the hidden hoard

Unfortunately for Ms Deakin, the Judge rejected the argument that a term to this effect should be implied, and the duty in bailment was held to have been discharged by the bailees.

The contractual importance of committing to paper: Deakin v. Card Rax Ltd

The former tenant argued that, since it was obvious to the new possessors that the goods belonged to someone other than themselves, their possession was that of involuntary bailees of the owner, rather than that of unconscious or unwitting bailees, and they were liable in conversion for having deliberately destroyed the goods.

Fast food and slow payers: Sadcas v. Professional Finance

The main moral to be drawn from Spencer v Franses is that bailees should confront in advance all potential points of doubt that might arise from their possession of the bailed chattel and from their relations with their bailors.

Thinking the unthinkable: constructive pessimism and the orchestration of claims

"These individuals are no different to the thousands of bailees or offenders released on home detention curfew who are released back to their own home, where they are left unsupervised in the community." she said.

Local wishes on bail hostels 'disregarded' Firm denies lack of consulta tion

The trial court ruled that the District and TMI were gratuitous bailees [bailment for the sole benefit of the bailor] and therefore liable only for gross negligence.

Chapter 8 Protecting patrons' property

They are what are known as "bailees." In the eyes of the insurance industry, this groups them with other companies in similar situations, like dry cleaners.

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v) Did the Defendant have a common law right, as bailee, to make inquiries into the Claimant's title?