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

Ne Exeat :: Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree..

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

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

Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..

Surrender :: Surrender (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.

Philistine :: Philistine (n.) A bailiff.

Factor :: Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

Bailiwick :: Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

Bail Bond :: Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.

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

Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail..

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester..

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

Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..

Bail :: Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable..

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

Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.

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..

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