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Bail [fr. bailler, Fr., to hand over], to set at liberty a person arrested or imprisoned, on security being taken for his appearance on a day and at a place certain, which security is called bail, because the party arrested or imprisoned is delivered into the hands of those who bind themselves or become bail for his due appearance when required, in order that he may be safely protected from prison, to which they have, if they fear his escape, etc., the legal power to deliver him.Means a security such as cash or a bond, especially security required by court for the release of a prisoner who must appear at a further time, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 135.Bail, a temporary release of a prisoner in exchange for security given for the prisoner's appearance at a later hearing, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn., (2005), p. 41.Bail may be given either in civil or criminal cases.In civil cases there were, before the abolition of arrest on mesne process by the Debtors Act, 1869:-(1)...
bail
bail [Anglo-French, act of handing over, delivery of a prisoner into someone's custody in exchange for security, from bailler to hand over, entrust, from Old French, from Latin bajulare to carry (a burden)] 1 : the temporary release of a prisoner in exchange for security given for the prisoner's appearance at a later hearing [while free on ] 2 : the security given for a prisoner's release ;also : the amount or terms of the security [excessive shall not be required "U.S. Constitution amend. VIII"] [posted cash ] [motion to reduce ] 3 : one who provides bail and is liable for the released prisoner's appearance [ may arrest or authorize arrest of principal "Code of Alabama"] jump bail : to flee the jurisdiction while released on bail make bail : to be released on bail vt 1 : to release on bail 2 : to obtain the release of by giving bail often used with out 3 : to place (personal property) under a bailment [identity of the article claimed to have been ed "Peet v. Roth Hotel...
Bail to the action
Bail to the action, is the surety for a civil defendant arrested by a mesne process e.g. a process issued during the lawsuit. If the defendant lost the lawsuit, the bail to the action was bound either to pay the judgment or to surrender the defendant into custody. Also termed bail above; special bail c.f. bail to the Sheriff, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 135....
Bail-bond
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....
Bail, Furlough, Parole
Bail, Furlough, Parole, The terms bail, furlough and parole have different connotations. Bail is well understood in criminal jurisprudence. 'Furlough' and 'Parole' are two distinct terms used in the jail manual or laws relating to temporary release of prisoners, State of Haryana v. Mohinder Singh, (2000) 3 SCC 394: AIR 2000 SC 890. (Criminal Procedure Code 1973, ss. 436 to 450)...
Justifying bail
Justifying bail, proving the sufficiency of bail or sureties in point of property, etc. see BAIL...
Bail-piece
Bail-piece, a piece of parchment containing the names of special bail, with other particulars, which, being signed by a judge, was filed in the court in which the action was pending, and notice of the bail having justified was then given to the opposite party....
Affidavit to hold to bail
Affidavit to hold to bail. By the (English) Judgments Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110), s. 3, it was provided that upon an affidavit of the existence of a debt to the amount of 20l. or upwards, and that a defendant was about to quit England, the plaintiff might apply to a judge to hold such defendant to bail. The (English) Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act, 1869, s. 20, repealed the above section and substituted other provisions. See ABSCOND....
Special Bail
Special Bail. See BAIL....
bail bond
bail bond see bond ...
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