n. [ OF. baillé, p. p. of bailler. See Bail to deliver. ] (Law) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In penal statutes the word includes those who receive goods for another in good faith. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]