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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..

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..

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

Baillie :: Baillie (n.) Same as Bailie.

Bail :: Bail (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.

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..

Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..

Bail :: Bail (v./t.) To deliver; to release.

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

Water Bailiff :: Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels..

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

Baillie :: Baillie (n.) 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..

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..

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

Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..

Bail :: Bail (n.) The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable..

Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

Myrmidon :: Myrmidon (n.) A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc..

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..

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