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Bail   /beɪl/   Listen
noun
Bail  n.  A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. (Obs.) "The bail of a canoe... made of a human skull."



Bail  n.  
1.
Custody; keeping. (Obs.) "Silly Faunus now within their bail."
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 surety for his appearance in court. "The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen." "A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at law."
(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."



Bail  n.  
1.
The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.
2.
A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.



Bail  n.  
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.
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.



verb
Bail  v. t.  (past & past part. bailed; pres. part. 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."
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."



Bail  v. t.  
1.
To deliver; to release. (Obs.) "Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail."
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.
(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.






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"Bail" Quotes from Famous Books



... those into a bucket, set a long way off. If you can make it go into the bucket plump, it counts you 10; lodging anywhere on the edge or bail is 2, and inside the chalk ring drawn around the bucket is 1—at least, ...
— All Aboard - A Story for Girls • Fannie E. Newberry

... it was too grave a case for bail, which, seeing that I did not know a soul in London, was somewhat immaterial. I got them to send a telegram to my young lady to say that I was unavoidably detained in town, and passed as quiet and uneventful ...
— Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green • Jerome K. Jerome

... himself for trial, and when his affidavits or witnesses are all ready, he seizes the unsuspecting victim in the street, and puts him instanter on his defence. Had the wretched man been accused of some atrocious crime, he might have demanded bail, and would have been permitted to go at large to seek for counsel, to look for witnesses, and to prepare for trial at some future day, of which he would have due notice. But no such privilege is ...
— A Letter to the Hon. Samuel Eliot, Representative in Congress From the City of Boston, In Reply to His Apology For Voting For the Fugitive Slave Bill. • Hancock

... little difference to Harry that he was, so to speak, out on bail. The great thing was that he was free. He rushed out, but he didn't make for the scene of the disaster to the reservoir, caused, as he had guessed, by some spy. All the town was pouring out now, and the streets were full of people making for the place where the explosion had occurred. ...
— Facing the German Foe • Colonel James Fiske

... your attention, madame. In face of such suspicions, I feel I shall have to change the writ of summons into a writ of bail or imprisonment. (He signs the document.) And now, madame, you must ...
— The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts • Honore De Balzac


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