Definition of bail

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Bail (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc..

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Bail :: Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
Philistine :: Philistine (n.) A bailiff.
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
Depositary :: Depositary (n.) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense..
Bailpiece :: Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond..
Catchpoll :: Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.
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..
Bailment :: Bailment (n.) The action of bailing a person accused.
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc..
Bail :: Bail (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.
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..
Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..
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..
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..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred..
Vadium :: Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.
Caution :: Caution (n.) Security; guaranty; bail.
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