Abstract
The purpose of this essay is to identify the essential nature of the legal concept of bailment. It is, in part, a response to a sceptical argument that bailment is not a legal conceptual category. The achievement of this purpose will enable beneficial clarification of the law relating to bailment which has been compromised by misunderstanding and misuse. It will expose the conflation of bailment with similar, but discrete, legal concepts and will enable us to discriminate rationally between classes of bailment. A better understanding of the concept of bailment will also facilitate more informed practical deliberation regarding the use of legal interests in chattels.
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