Definition of bail

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

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Vadium :: Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
Bailiffwick :: Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.
Bailed :: Bailed (imp. & p. p.) of Bai.
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) See Bailor.
Bumbailiff :: Bumbailiff (n.) See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a..
Bail :: Bail (v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat..
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) One who bails or lades.
Bail :: Bail (n.) The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one..
Bailey :: Bailey (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
Assize :: Assize (n.) An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats..
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..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
Ne Exeat :: Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree..
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..
Philistine :: Philistine (n.) A bailiff.
Surety :: Surety (n.) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail..
Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.
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