Definition of bail

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Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.

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Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..
Boroughmaster :: Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough..
Bailed :: Bailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bai.
Pestle :: Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..
Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.
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..
Water Bailiff :: Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
Ballium :: Ballium (n.) See Bailey.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
Justify :: Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
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..
Bailiwick :: Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
Bailiffwick :: Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.
Catchpoll :: Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
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..
Bail :: Bail (n.) A certain limit within a forest.
Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.
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