civ. law. This is the name of a contract by which one man delivers to another, either for a small recompense, or for a part of the profits, certain animals, on condition that if any of them perish they shall be replaced by the bailer, or he shall pay their value. 2. This is a contract of hiring, with this condition, that the bailee takes upon him the risk of the loss of the thing hired.
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