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BailBail Bail, n. [F. baille a bucket, pail; cf. LL. bacula, dim.
of bacca a sort of vessel. Cf. Bac.]
A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. [Obs.]
The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull.
--Capt. Cook. BailBail Bail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bailing.]
1. To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to
bail water out of a boat.
Buckets . . . to bail out the water. --Capt. J.
Smith.
2. To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express
completeness; as, to bail a boat.
By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed
her out. --R. H. Dana,
Jr. BailBail Bail, n. [OF. bail, baille. See Bailey.]
1. (Usually pl.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior
defense. [Written also bayle.] [Obs.]
2. The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space
inclosed by it; the outer court. --Holinshed.
3. A certain limit within a forest. [Eng.]
4. A division for the stalls of an open stable.
5. (Cricket) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two
cross pieces) of the wicket. BailBail Bail, n. [OF. bail guardian, administrator, fr. L.
bajulus. See Bail to deliver.]
1. Custody; keeping. [Obs.]
Silly Faunus now within their bail. --Spenser.
2. (Law)
(a) 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.
The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen.
--Blackstone.
A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at
law. --Kent.
(b) 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.
Excessive bail ought not to be required.
--Blackstone. Bail
Bail Bail, v.?t. [OF. bailler to give, to deliver, fr. L.
bajulare to bear a burden, keep in custody, fr. bajulus ? who
bears burdens.]
1. To deliver; to release. [Obs.]
Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail.
--Spenser.
2. (Law)
(a) To set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of
custody, on the undertaking of some other person or
persons that he or they will be responsible for the
appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person
bailed.
Note: The word is applied to the magistrate or the surety.
The magistrate bails (but admits to bail is commoner) a
man when he liberates him from arrest or imprisonment
upon bond given with sureties. The surety bails a
person when he procures his release from arrest by
giving bond for his appearance. --Blackstone.
(b) 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. --Blackstone. Kent.
Meaning of Bail from wikipedia
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Bail is a set of pre-trial
restrictions that are
imposed on a
suspect to
ensure that they will not
hamper the
judicial process.
Court bail may be offered...
- A
bail bondsman,
bail bond
agent or bond
dealer is any person,
agency or
corporation that will act as a
surety and
pledge money or
property as
bail for...
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Bailment is a
legal relationship in
common law,
where the
owner transfers physical possession of
personal property ("chattel") for a time, but retains...
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working for a
bail bondsman who
captures fugitives or
criminals for a
commission or bounty. The occupation,
officially known as a
bail enforcement agent...
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Bailly may
refer to:
Alexis Bailly (1798–1860),
American politician and fur
trader Alice Bailly (1872–1938),
Swiss painter Anatole Bailly (1833–1911)...
- the
sport of cricket, a
bail is one of the two
smaller sticks placed on top of the
three stumps to form a wicket. The
bails are used to
determine when...
- A
bail (also
spelled "bale") is a
component of
certain types of jewelry,
mostly necklaces, that is used to
attach a
pendant or stone. The
bail is normally...
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Bail in the
United States refers to the
practice of
releasing suspects from
custody before their hearing, on
payment of
bail,
which is
money or pledge...
- A
bailer in
hydrogeology is a
hollow tube used to
retrieve groundwater samples from
monitoring wells. The
wells are
typically built out of PVC
casing which...
- A
bail handle, or
simply bail, is a
handle that
consists of an open loop that
moves freely within two
fixed mounts or ears. It is a type of
metal or plastic...
