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Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..

Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.

Bailment :: Bailment (n.) The action of bailing a person accused.

Estreat :: Estreat (n.) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer..

Bailable :: Bailable (a.) That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods..

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..

Vadium :: Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.

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

Bailie :: Bailie (n.) An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman..

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..

Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted..

Boroughmaster :: Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough..

Bumbailiff :: Bumbailiff (n.) See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a..

Bale :: Bale (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade..

Catchpoll :: Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.

Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.

Pail :: Pail (n.) A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket. It may, or may not, have a cover..

Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

Pestle :: Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.

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