Law. Also 6 baily, 7 baylee. [f. BAIL v.1 + -EE.] One to whom goods are committed in trust for a specific purpose.

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1528.  Perkins, Prof. Bk., ii. § 140 (1642), 62. If … afterwards the Baily deliver the Obligation to whom it was made.

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1613.  Sir H. Finch, Law (1636), 180. The baylement of goods to imploy, is, when the Bailee hath the things themselues to vse to anothers profit.

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1875.  Poste, Gaius, III. 423. These contracts … all imply a delivery from the bailor to the bailee and a redelivery from the bailee to the bailor.

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