Definition of bail

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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..

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Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.
Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Bailiff.
Bailment :: Bailment (n.) The action of bailing a person accused.
Justify :: Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.
Bailable :: Bailable (a.) That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.
Bailment :: Bailment (n.) A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed..
Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
Ne Exeat :: Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree..
Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons..
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) One who bails or lades.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..
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..
Surrender :: Surrender (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
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..
Bail :: Bail (v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat..
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..
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