Definition of bail

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Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.

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Bale :: Bale (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade..
Factor :: Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
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..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
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..
Bailable :: Bailable (a.) That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods..
Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
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 line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.
Bumbailiff :: Bumbailiff (n.) See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a..
Bailpiece :: Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond..
Bailee :: Bailee (n.) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..
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..
Boroughmaster :: Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough..
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ..
Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
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