In the law of bailment. A ballment of goods to a creditor as security for some debt or engagement. A bailment br delivery of goods by a debtor to hls cred-itor, to be kept till the debt be dlscharged. Story, Bailm. | 7; Clv. Code La. art 3133,« 2 Kent, Comm. 577; Stearns v. Marsh, 4 Denlo (N. ¥.) 229, 47 Am. Dec. 248; Sheridan v. Presas, 18 Mlsc. Rep.-180, 41 N. Y. Supp. 451; Bank of Rochester v. Jones, 4 N.; Yi 507, 55 Am. Dec. 290; Eastman v. Avery, 23 Me. 250; Belden v. Perkins, 78 111. 452; wilcox v. Jackson, 7 Colo. 521; 4 Pac. 966; Glou-cester Bank v. worcester, IO Pick. ‘(Mass.)* 531; Llllenthal v. Ballou, 125 Gal.183, 5? Pac. 897
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
