BAIL

Fr. In French and Canadian law. A lease ot lands. -Bail A cheptel. A contract by which one of the parties gives to the other cattle to keep, feed, and care for, the borrower receiving half the profit of increase. and bearing half the lo . Duverger.-Bail ii fer me. A contract of let· ting lands.-Bail A longues annees. A lease for more than nine years; the same as bail emphyteotique (see infra) or an emphyteu· tic Iease.-Bail, ii loyer. A contract of letting houses.-Bail ii rente. A contract partaking of the nature of the contract of sale, and that of the contract of lease; it is translative of property, and the rent is e entially redeemable. Clark's Heirs v. Christ's Church, 4 La. 286; Poth. Bail ll Rente, 1, 3.-Bail emphyteotique. An emphyteutic lease; a lease for a term of years with a right to prolong indefinitely; practically equivalent to an alienation. [s. 119]