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Bail Court, sometimes called the Practice Court, was an auxiliary of the Court of Queen's Bench. It heard and determined ordinary matters, and disposed of common motions, Consult Chit. Arch. Prac....
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....
Practice Court
Practice Court. see BAIL COURT....
Bail
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)...
bond
bond 1 a : a usually formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act (as committing a crime) with the condition that failure to perform or abstain will obligate the person or often a surety to pay a sum of money or will result in the forfeiture of money put up by the person or surety ;also : the money put up NOTE: The purpose of a bond is to provide an incentive for the fulfillment of an obligation. It also provides reassurance that the obligation will be fulfilled and that compensation is available if it is not fulfilled. In most cases a surety is involved, and the bond makes the surety responsible for the consequences of the obligated person's behavior. Some bonds, such as fidelity bonds, function as insurance agreements, in which the surety promises to pay for financial loss caused by the bad behavior of an obligated person or by some contingency over w...
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....
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....
bailiff
bailiff [Anglo-French, steward, king's official, from bail stewardship, custody, handing over see bail ] : an officer of some courts in the U.S. whose duties usually include keeping order in the courtroom and guarding prisoners or jurors in deliberation ...
Stipulation
Stipulation, bargain; also, a recognizance of certain fidejussors in the nature of bail, taken in the Admiralty Courts.It is the highest and most authentic contract known to the Civil Law, entered into before the magistrate or public officer, through the medium of interrogatories and answers calculated to explain the nature and extent of the undertaking, to put the parties entering into it on their guard, and to show it to be their mature and deliberate act. It could not be impeached except for fraud or deceit, and could not be released or discharged except by an equally solemn proceeding, conducted by question and answer before the public functionary, called an acceptilation, Vinnius, 677; Sand. Just., 7th Edn. 332....
In relation to any proceeding in any court
In relation to any proceeding in any court, the proceedings before a Magistrate in which he agrees with the report by the police under S. 169, Criminal Procedure Code, and the proceedings in remand or bail applications during investigation will not amount to proceedings in or in relation to court, Kamalapati Trivedi v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1979 SC 777: (1980) 2 SCC 91: (1979) 2 SCR 717...
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