Definition of bail

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Bail (v. t.) To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat..

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Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.
Ballium :: Ballium (n.) See Bailey.
Boroughmaster :: Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough..
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..
Bail :: Bail (n.) The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one..
Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense..
Bailed :: Bailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bai.
Bailie :: Bailie (n.) An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats..
Bailing :: Bailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bai.
Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
Bumbailiff :: Bumbailiff (n.) See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a..
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
Bailee :: Bailee (n.) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust..
Depositary :: Depositary (n.) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense..
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.
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