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Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.

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..

Bailpiece :: Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond..

Bumbailiff :: Bumbailiff (n.) See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a..

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..

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 (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.

Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense..

Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.

Bail :: Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top..

Bale :: Bale (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade..

Greeve :: Greeve (n.) A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff..

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..

Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.

Bailing :: Bailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bai.

Factor :: Factor (n.) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

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..

Boroughmaster :: Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough..

Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..

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