Definition of bail

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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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Catchpoll :: Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.
Caution :: Caution (n.) Security; guaranty; bail.
Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.
Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
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..
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..
Bail :: Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable..
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..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn..
Bailiffwick :: Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
Wich :: Wich (n.) A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick..
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..
Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Bailiff.
Vadium :: Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.
Bail :: Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
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