A legal relationship where personal property is temporarily transferred from the owner (bailor) to another party (bailee) for a specific purpose, with the understanding that the property will be returned. The bailee has duties of care regarding the property.
From Old French 'baillier' meaning 'to deliver, hand over,' from Latin 'baiulare' (to carry a burden). The legal concept developed in medieval English law to govern temporary transfers of goods for various purposes like repair, storage, or transport.
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