7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bail \Bail\, n. [OE. beyl; cf Dan. b["o]ile an bending, ring,
hoop, Sw b["o]gel, bygel and Icel. beyla hump, swelling,
akin to E. bow to bend.]
1. The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel,
usually movable. --Forby.
2. A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon,
awning of a boat, etc
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bail \Bail\, n. [F. baille a bucket, pail; cf LL bacula, dim.
of bacca a sort of vessel. Cf {Bac}.]
A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. [Obs.]
The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull.
--Capt. Cook.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bail \Bail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bailed} (?); p. pr & vb n.
{Bailing}.]
1. To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out as to
bail water out of a boat.
Buckets . . . to bail out the water. --Capt. J.
Smith.
2. To dip or lade water from -- often with out to express
completeness; as to bail a boat.
By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed
her out --R. H. Dana,
Jr
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bail \Bail\, n. [OF. bail, baille. See {Bailey}.]
1. (Usually pl.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior
defense. [Written also {bayle}.] [Obs.]
2. The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space
inclosed by it the outer court. --Holinshed.
3. A certain limit within a forest. [Eng.]
4. A division for the stalls of an open stable.
5. (Cricket) The top or cross piece ( or either of the two
cross pieces) of the wicket.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bail \Bail\, n. [OF. bail guardian, administrator, fr L.
bajulus See {Bail} to deliver.]
1. Custody; keeping. [Obs.]
Silly Faunus now within their bail. --Spenser.
2. (Law)
a 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.
The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen.
--Blackstone.
A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at
law. --Kent.
b 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
Excessive bail ought not to be required.
--Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bail \Bail\, v.?t. [OF. bailler to give to deliver, fr L.
bajulare to bear a burden, keep in custody, fr bajulus ? who
bears burdens.]
1. To deliver; to release. [Obs.]
Ne none there was to rescue her ne none to bail.
--Spenser.
2. (Law)
a 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.
Note: The word is applied to the magistrate or the surety.
The magistrate bails (but admits to bail is commoner) a
man when he liberates him from arrest or imprisonment
upon bond given with sureties. The surety bails a
person when he procures his release from arrest by
giving bond for his appearance. --Blackstone.
b 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. --Blackstone. Kent.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bail
n : (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" [syn: {bail bond}, {bond}]
v : deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose
and for a limited period
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