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  2. Bailment - Wikipedia

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    for the benefit of the bailor and bailee; for the sole benefit of the bailor; and; for the sole benefit of the bailee. Examples. A bailment for the mutual benefit of the parties is created when there is an exchange of performances between the parties (e.g. a bailment for the repair of an item when the owner is paying to have the repair ...

  3. Glossary of law - Wikipedia

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    Bailee. In the law of contracts. One to whom goods are bailed; the party to whom personal property is delivered under a contract of bailment. [6] Bailor. The party who bails or delivers goods to another, in the contract of bailment. [6] Bastardy. The offence of begetting a bastard child. The condition of a bastard. [6] Benefice. In ...

  4. Morris v CW Martin & Sons Ltd - Wikipedia

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    Morris v CW Martin & Sons Ltd [1966] 1 QB 716 is an English tort law case, establishing that sub-bailees are liable for the theft or negligence of their staff. Both Lord Denning and Diplock LJ rejected the idea that a contract need exist for a relationship of bailor and bailee to be found.

  5. Coggs v Bernard - Wikipedia

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    Coggs v Bernard (1703) 2 Ld Raym 909 (also Coggs v Barnard) is a landmark case both for English property law and contract law, decided by Sir John Holt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench. It sets out the duties owed by a bailee – someone in possession of property owned by another.

  6. Detinue - Wikipedia

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    A case from 1200 directed the verdict against a bailee who claimed chattels in his keeping were stolen during a fire at his property. In the opinion of Bracton, if goods were unlawfully taken from the possession of the bailee, it was he who had the action against the wrongdoer, not the original bailor. The action was appeal of larceny or trespass.

  7. NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for ...

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    Here are some hints about the four categories to help you figure out the word groupings. Yellow: Essential elements of strength training. Green: These words are related to a winter sports event.

  8. Carrier's Case - Wikipedia

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    The English courts henceforth adopted the "breaking bulk" doctrine. If someone transporting a bulk or bale (bundle) of merchandise (the carrier) on behalf of someone else, and breaks it open without permission, express or implied, (thus converts them to the carrier's own use), it is the crime of larceny .

  9. Conversion (law) - Wikipedia

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    A common act of conversion in medieval times involved bolts of cloth that were bailed for safekeeping, which the bailee or a third party took and made clothes for their own use or for sale. Many questions concerning joint ownership in enterprises such as a partnership belong in equity, and do not rise to the level of a conversion. Traditionally ...