Definition of bail

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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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Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..
Bailing :: Bailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bai.
Ballium :: Ballium (n.) See Bailey.
Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred..
Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..
Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.
Bumbailiff :: Bumbailiff (n.) See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.
Bail :: Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable..
Burghmaster :: Burghmaster (n.) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster..
Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.
Surrender :: Surrender (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed..
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..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
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..
Bale :: Bale (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade..
Vadium :: Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.
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