Clothes and jewelry given to the funeral director to be placed on the dead body are considered in law as

• A. personal property
• B. entrusted property
• C. held property
• D. bailed property

Answer: (D)

Clothes and jewelry given to the funeral director to be placed on the dead body are bailed property. This is because the owner temporarily transfers possession to the funeral director for a specific purpose (to serve the deceased) and the bailee has a duty to take care of the items and return them after the service. The ownership stays with the original owner, but the physical control is with the funeral director during the arrangement.

Other terms don’t fit as well: personal property would imply ownership by the possessor, which isn’t the case here; entrusted property isn’t a standard legal category in this context; held property is not the precise term for this relationship. Bailed property correctly describes the bailment relationship.