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Jail liberties, means bounds within which a jail or prison lies and throughout which certain prisoners are allowed to move freely, usu. after giving bond for the liberties. The bounds are considered an extension of the prison walls. Historically, jail liberties were given in England to those imprisoned for debt. The prisoners will be allowed to move freely within the city in which the prison was located also spelled goal liberties. Also termed jail limits, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 839.