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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..

Bail :: Bail (n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.

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..

Ballium :: Ballium (n.) See Bailey.

Catchpoll :: Catchpoll (n.) A bailiff's assistant.

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

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 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..

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

Bail :: Bail (n.) Custody; keeping.

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

Hire :: Hire (n.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward..

Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail..

Bailiwick :: Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

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

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

Philistine :: Philistine (n.) A bailiff.

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted..

Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.

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..

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