BAIL

bail

(noun) the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial); “he is out on bail”

bail, bail bond, bond

(noun) (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”

bail

(verb) remove (water) from a vessel with a container

bail

(verb) empty (a vessel) by bailing

bail

(verb) secure the release of (someone) by providing security

bail

(verb) deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period

bail

(verb) release after a security has been paid

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

bail (plural bails)

Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

(legal, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.

(legal, UK) The person providing such payment.

A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.

A person who bails water out of a boat.

(obsolete) Custody; keeping.

Verb

bail (third-person singular simple present bails, present participle bailing, simple past and past participle bailed)

To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.

(legal) To release a person under such guarantee.

(legal) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.

(nautical, transitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.

(nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.

To set free; to deliver; to release.

Etymology 2

Verb

bail (third-person singular simple present bails, present participle bailing, simple past and past participle bailed)

(slang) To exit quickly.

(informal) To fail to meet a commitment.

Etymology 3

Noun

bail (plural bails)

A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).

A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).

A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.

(chiefly, Australia and New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.

A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.

(cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.

(furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.

Verb

bail (third-person singular simple present bails, present participle bailing, simple past and past participle bailed)

To secure the head of a cow during milking.

Etymology 4

Verb

bail (third-person singular simple present bails, present participle bailing, simple past and past participle bailed)

(rare) To confine.

(Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.

(Australia, New Zealand) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)

Anagrams

• Albi, Bali, Liab.

Proper noun

Bail (plural Bails)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bail is the 2421^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14957 individuals. Bail is most common among White (81.67%) and Black/African American (12.13%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Albi, Bali, Liab.

Source: Wiktionary

Bail, n. Etym: [F. baille a bucket, pail; cf. LL. bacula, dim. of bacca a sort of vessel. Cf. Bac.]

Definition: 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.

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.

Bail, v. Etym: [OF. bailler to give, to deliver, fr. L. bajulare to bear a burden, keep in custody, fr. bajulus

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.

Bail, n. Etym: [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.

Bail, n. Etym: [OE. beyl; cf. Dan. böile an bending, ring, hoop, Sw. bögel, 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.

Bail, n. Etym: [OF. bail, baille. See Bailey.]

1. (Usually pl.)

Definition: 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)

Definition: The top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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