Bail

[beɪl] or [bel]

Definition

(noun.) 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); 'he is out on bail'.

(noun.) (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; 'the judge set bail at $10,000'; 'a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman'.

(verb.) remove (water) from a vessel with a container.

(verb.) empty (a vessel) by bailing.

(verb.) secure the release of (someone) by providing security.

(verb.) deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period.

(verb.) release after a security has been paid.

Typed by Jed--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

(v. t.) To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.

(v. t.) To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.

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

(v./t.) 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.

(v./t.) 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.

(n.) Custody; keeping.

(n.) 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.

(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.

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

(n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.

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

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

(n.) A certain limit within a forest.

(n.) A division for the stalls of an open stable.

(n.) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.

Inputed by Jane

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Security, surety.[2]. Handle (of a pail, &c.).

v. a. Admit to bail.

Typist: Tim

Definition

n. one of the cross pieces on the top of the wicket in cricket.—n. Bail′er a ball bowled so as to hit the bails.

n. one who procures the release of an accused person by becoming guardian or security for his appearing in court: the security given: (Spens.) jurisdiction.—v.t. to set a person free by giving security for him: to release on the security of another.—adj. Bail′able.—ns. Bail′-bond a bond given by a prisoner and his surety upon being bailed; Bail′-dock Bale′-dock a room at the Old Bailey London in which prisoners were kept during the trials; Bailee′ one to whom goods are delivered in trust upon a contract; Bail′er one who delivers goods to another in trust; Bail′ment a delivery of goods in trust: the action of bailing a prisoner; Bails′man one who gives bail for another.—To accept admit to allow bail are all said of the magistrate; the prisoner offers surrenders to his bail; the one who provides it goes gives or stands bail.—To give leg bail to be beholden to one's legs for escape.

n. palisades barriers: a pole separating horses in an open stable.

v.t. (rare) to confine.—To bail up (Australia) to secure a cow's head during milking: to disarm travellers so as to be able to rob them without resistance.

v.t. to clear (a boat) of water with bails or shallow buckets.—n. a man or instrument for bailing water out of a ship pit &c.—Also spelled Bale.

Editor: Simon