Deposit
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
A species of bailment, derived from the civil law, and called also, after that law, depositum. Lord Holt, who is followed by Sir W. Jones, and Mr. Chancellor Kent have adopted the latter term in their definitions.
2 Ld. Baym. 909. Jones on Bailm. 36, et seq. 2 Kent^s Com. 558, 560.
Mr. Justice Story has made use of the English word deposit.
Story on Bailm. § 4, 41, et seq.
See Depositum.
See Depositum.