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Definition :

Bail-bond, an instrument prepared in the sheriff's office after an arrest, executed by two sufficient sureties and the person arrested, and conditioned for his causing special bail to be put in for him in the court out of which the arresting process issued, and in Admiralty Proceedings, see R.S.C. Orders, XII and XXIX.

Means a bond given by a criminal defendant or by his or her surety to ensure compliance with the terms of bail and especially with the requirement that the defendant appears in court as scheduled, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn., (2005), p. 55.