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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Bailiffwick :: Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.
Depositary :: Depositary (n.) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense..
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..
Water Bailiff :: Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels..
Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.
Bail :: Bail (v. t.) To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat..
Bail :: Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.
Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred..
Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
Bail :: Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
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..
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..
Philistine :: Philistine (n.) A bailiff.
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) See Bailor.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats..
Bailie :: Bailie (n.) An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman..
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..
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
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