\Bail"ment\, n.
1. (Law) The action of bailing a person accused.

         Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man
         out of prison before he hath satisfied the law.
                                               --Dalton.

2. (Law) A delivery of goods or money by one person to
   another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a
   contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be
   faithfully executed. --Blackstone.

Note: In a general sense it is sometimes used as
      comprehending all duties in respect to property.
      --Story.