Definition of bail

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Bail (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.

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Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..
Water Bailiff :: Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels..
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) One who bails or lades.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
Myrmidon :: Myrmidon (n.) A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc..
Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted..
Pestle :: Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.
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.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
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..
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.
Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.
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..
Bailing :: Bailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bai.
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..
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..
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..
Depositary :: Depositary (n.) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense..
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