Definition of bail

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Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable..

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Bailer :: Bailer (n.) See Bailor.
Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.
Water Bailiff :: Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels..
Estreat :: Estreat (n.) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer..
Bailing :: Bailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bai.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..
Bail :: Bail (v. t.) To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.
Ballium :: Ballium (n.) See Bailey.
Bailment :: Bailment (n.) The action of bailing a person accused.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..
Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.
Bailiwick :: Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
Surrender :: Surrender (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
Bailiffwick :: Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.
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..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..
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