bail

• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
• the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
• release after a security has been paid
• deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
• secure the release of (someone) by providing security
• empty (a vessel) by bailing
• remove (water) from a vessel with a container
• A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat
• To lade
• To dip or lade water from
• To deliver
• 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
• 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
• Custody
• 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 security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer
• The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable
• A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier´s wagon, awning of a boat, etc
• A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense
• The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it
• A certain limit within a forest
• A division for the stalls of an open stable
• The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Ethiopia in Gambela Hizboch
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Haiti in Nord
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Philippines in Kalinga
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Philippines in La Union
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Pakistan in North-West Frontier

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