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DEPOSITUM [3 records]

Record 1 2013-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Bailments are of six kinds, the classification being of importance from the different nature of the bailee's liability in each case :(1) a bare naked bailment of goods, where the goods are delivered by one man to another to keep for the use of the bailor; this is called "depositum"....(Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 176)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

dépôt à titre gratuit; dépôt; «depositum» : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

A bailment without compensation; according to some authority (sic) a bailment intended for the sole benefit of the bailor or a bailment intended for the sole benefit of the bailee. (Ballentine, p. 534)

CONT

Gratuitous bailment(is) another name for a "depositum" or naked bailment, which is made only for the benefit of the bailor and is not a source of profit to the bailee.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 129)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

Au sens large, le terme «gratuitous bailment» inclut le «depositum», le «mandatum» et le «commodatum». Dans un sens plus restreint, il peut viser les deux premiers qui sont pour l'avantage du baillant et, dans un sens plus restreint encore, il peut se limiter à «depositum».

OBS

baillement à titre gratuit : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The learned editor [of "Williston on Contracts"] propounds a four-fold classification into: 1. Gratuitous bailments for the bailor’s sole benefit. 2. Gratuitous bailments for the bailee’s sole benefit. 3. Bailments for mutual benefit. 4. Bailments to which the law, for reasons of policy, attaches exceptional obligations. (Palmer, p. 91)

CONT

Dubinsky J. remarked upon the trend towards clarification or standardisation of the bailee's duty of care and held that the duty in the present case would be the same whether the relationship were one of commodatum, depositum, or bailment for mutual advantage.(Palmer, p. 371)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

baillement à avantage réciproque : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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