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Bail   /beɪl/   Listen
Bail

noun
1.
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.  Synonyms: bail bond, bond.  "A $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"
2.
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).
verb
(past & past part. bailed; pres. part. bailing)
1.
Release after a security has been paid.
2.
Deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period.
3.
Secure the release of (someone) by providing security.
4.
Empty (a vessel) by bailing.
5.
Remove (water) from a vessel with a container.



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"Bail" Quotes from Famous Books



... been engaged in a struggle with the System so long that he knew just how to get action, the magistrates he could depend on, the various pitfalls that surrounded the snaring of one high in gangland, the judges who would fix bail that ...
— The Ear in the Wall • Arthur B. Reeve
... that he was one of Chief Burke's minions, and Gillis was presently indicted on a charge of assault with intent to kill. He knew some of the officials in a friendly way, and was advised to give a straw bond and go into temporary retirement. Clemens, of course, went his bail, and Steve set out for Virginia City, until the ...
— Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete - The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens • Albert Bigelow Paine
... of the eighteenth century the game was in a very rudimentary condition, very different from the scientific pastime it has since become. There were only two wickets, a foot high and two feet apart, with one long bail at the top. Between the wickets there was a hole large enough to contain the ball, and when the batsman made a run, he had to place the end of his bat in this hole before the wicket-keeper could place the ball there, otherwise he would ...
— Old English Sports • Peter Hampson Ditchfield
... fancies it fired! What golden wishes and hopes inspired! To give but a mere abridgment— What a leg to leg-bail Embarrassment's serf! What a leg for a Leg to take on the turf! What a leg for a ...
— The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood • Thomas Hood
... four, came to the place appointed for his trial. Four or five days were employed in the examination of witnesses, and never was a clearer case of murder proved than on that occasion. Notwithstanding, the court (Justice Brown dissenting) admitted Wilson to bail, and positively refused that the prosecuting attorney for the State should introduce the law, to show that it was not a bailable case, or even to hear an argument from him, and the counsel associated with him to prosecute ...
— Diary in America, Series Two • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)


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