Definition of bail

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Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

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Bail :: Bail (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
Factor :: Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Greeve :: Greeve (n.) A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff..
Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons..
Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
Handle :: Handle (n.) That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc..
Bale :: Bale (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade..
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn..
Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Bailiff.
Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.
Bailor :: Bailor (n.) One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ..
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred..
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
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