Definition of bail

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

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Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred..
Errant :: Errant (a.) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.
Water Bailiff :: Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels..
Bail :: Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.
Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..
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..
Surrender :: Surrender (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
Bailpiece :: Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond..
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
Burghmaster :: Burghmaster (n.) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster..
Factor :: Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
Bail :: Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Bailiff.
Bailie :: Bailie (n.) An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman..
Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion..
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 bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.
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