Definition of bail

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Bail (v./t.) To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier..

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Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..
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..
Greeve :: Greeve (n.) A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff..
Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
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..
Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.
Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred..
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
Bailing :: Bailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bai.
Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
Bailiwick :: Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier..
Bailment :: Bailment (n.) The action of bailing a person accused.
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
Ballium :: Ballium (n.) See Bailey.
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..
Bail :: Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court..
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