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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.

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..

Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.

Caution :: Caution (n.) Security; guaranty; bail.

Surety :: Surety (n.) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail..

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

Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense..

Wich :: Wich (n.) A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick..

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

Depositary :: Depositary (n.) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense..

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..

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..

Justify :: Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..

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..

Bail :: Bail (n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.

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

Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats..

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

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