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bailor

Legal Definition of bailor

Noun

  1. The person who temporarily transfers possession of property to another, the bailee, under a contract of bailment.

Definition of bailor

Noun

bailor (plural bailors)

  1. (law) One who bails property; one who places property in the hands of another (called a bailee) for safekeeping.

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