2280. Deposit is a contract by which a person, the depositor, hands over movable property to another person, the depositary, who undertakes to keep custody of it for a certain time and to restore it to him.
Deposit is by gratuitous title but may be by onerous title where permitted by usage or an agreement.
1991, c. 64, a. 2280; I.N. 2014-05-01; 2016, c. 4, s. 244.