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In a contract of bailment, the person who delivers the goods is the ____ and the person who receives them is the ____.Read the answer and worked solution →Which of the following can be the subject matter of a bailment?Read the answer and worked solution →Depositing ornaments in a bank locker to which the customer keeps the key is:Read the answer and worked solution →Handing over the keys of a car to a workshop for its repair is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →For a valid contract of bailment, consideration is:Read the answer and worked solution →The right of general lien under Section 171 is available to:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Section 172, a pledge is the bailment of goods as security for:Read the answer and worked solution →In a bailment, the goods delivered must be returned or:Read the answer and worked solution →X holds Y's goods, then agrees to hold them as bailee. Result?Read the answer and worked solution →Delivery to a bailee may be made by putting goods in the possession of:Read the answer and worked solution →A bailor must disclose known faults that:Read the answer and worked solution →A hidden fault in hired goods injures the bailee. The bailor is:Read the answer and worked solution →A lends B a horse he knows is vicious, saying nothing. B is hurt. Liable:Read the answer and worked solution →A bailee must take the care of:Read the answer and worked solution →Absent special contract, a careful bailee is not liable for:Read the answer and worked solution →A hires out a horse for B's riding; B drives it in a carriage. A may:Read the answer and worked solution →If a bailee does an act inconsistent with the bailment conditions, the contract is avoidable at whose option?Read the answer and worked solution →If a bailee uses goods against the conditions, he must pay for:Read the answer and worked solution →B lets C ride a horse lent for B's own riding; it falls. Who pays A?Read the answer and worked solution →A bailee mixes goods with his own, with consent. The parties have:Read the answer and worked solution →Unconsented mixing, but goods can be separated. Who bears the cost?Read the answer and worked solution →A bailee mixes A's Rs. 45 flour, unasked, with his Rs. 25 flour. He must:Read the answer and worked solution →A bailee works for no pay. The bailor must repay his:Read the answer and worked solution →A gratuitous lender, though a term was fixed, may demand return:Read the answer and worked solution →A free loan is recalled early; loss exceeds benefit. Lender must:Read the answer and worked solution →On expiry of the bailment term, the bailee must return goods:Read the answer and worked solution →A bailee who defaults in returning goods is liable for loss from:Read the answer and worked solution →A gratuitous bailment is terminated by the death of:Read the answer and worked solution →A leaves a cow with B for care and the cow bears a calf. B must deliver:Read the answer and worked solution →Without a contrary contract, increase or profit accruing from the goods bailed belongs to:Read the answer and worked solution →

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In a contract of bailment, the person who delivers the goods is the ____ and the person who receives them is the ____.

  1. pawnor; pawnee
  2. principal; agent
  3. creditor; surety
  4. bailor; bailee
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Correct answer: D. bailor; bailee

The deliverer of goods is the bailor and the recipient is the bailee.

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Which of the following can be the subject matter of a bailment?

  1. Movable goods only
  2. Immovable property
  3. A bank locker's contents kept by the owner
  4. Money deposited in a bank account
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Correct answer: A. Movable goods only

Bailment is only for movable goods it cannot be of immovable property, and a deposit of money in a bank is not bailment because identical notes are not returned.

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Depositing ornaments in a bank locker to which the customer keeps the key is:

  1. A contract of guarantee
  2. Not a bailment, since possession does not pass to the bank
  3. A pledge
  4. A gratuitous bailment
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Correct answer: B. Not a bailment, since possession does not pass to the bank

There is no bailment because possession of the ornaments does not pass to the bank the goods remain in the owner's possession as he holds the key.

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