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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Water Bailiff :: Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels..
Boroughmaster :: Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
Bailiffwick :: Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
Ballium :: Ballium (n.) See Bailey.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one..
Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred..
Depositary :: Depositary (n.) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense..
Assize :: Assize (n.) An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business..
Bale :: Bale (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade..
Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.
Bail :: Bail (v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat..
Justify :: Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Pestle :: Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.
Bail :: Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
Bailpiece :: Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond..
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..
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..
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