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- noun Plural form of
bailment .
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Story wrote Commentaries on an amazing variety of subjects: promissory notes, equity jurisprudence, the conflict of laws, agency, bailments, bills of exchange, partnership.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Story wrote Commentaries on an amazing variety of subjects: promissory notes, equity jurisprudence, the conflict of laws, agency, bailments, bills of exchange, partnership.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Story wrote Commentaries on an amazing variety of subjects: promissory notes, equity jurisprudence, the conflict of laws, agency, bailments, bills of exchange, partnership.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Take the classic examples of bailments: when you give your car to a parking garage/mechanic, it is not for their use and enjoyment, but for the fulfillment of a specific purpose storage/repair - and compensation flows from bailor to bailee.
Names and Narrative 2005
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I like the original concept of bailments very much: I give to you property for a specific purpose with the understanding that you will ultimately return it to me.
Names and Narrative 2005
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I never argued virtual items were "classic" bailments.
Names and Narrative 2005
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Jeff virtual items as property have been able to convince me that current implmentations aren't anything other than bailments
Names and Narrative 2005
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I see your point, although bailments generally don't imply use and enjoyment by the bailee of the goods in question.
Names and Narrative 2005
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My point re: virtual items as bailments is that in the current implmentation, the player's "property" interest is simply possession and not ownership.
Names and Narrative 2005
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Peter "Take the classic examples of bailments: when you give your car to a parking garage/mechanic, it is not for their use and enjoyment, but for the fulfillment of a specific purpose storage/repair - and compensation flows from bailor to bailee."
Names and Narrative 2005
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