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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Bail :: Bail (n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.
Bailing :: Bailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bai.
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..
Bail :: Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.
Factor :: Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Caution :: Caution (n.) Security; guaranty; bail.
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 top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
Catchpoll :: Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.
Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
Water Bailiff :: Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels..
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) One who bails or lades.
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..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
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..
Bumbailiff :: Bumbailiff (n.) See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a..
Justify :: Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats..
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