Constructive Bailment Law & Legal Definition

Constructive bailment means an implied bailment which arises when one comes into lawful possession of personal property of another, other than by mutual contract of bailment; such possessor may be treated as a bailee of property by operation of law and may reasonably be referred to as a constructive bailee. Isik Jewelry v. Mars Media, Inc., 418 F. Supp. 2d 112, 124 (E.D.N.Y. 2005)