prisoner on bail

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• prisoner on bail — prisoner released from jail by placing a money bond which guarantees he will return to court …   English contemporary dictionary

• bail — I. noun Etymology: Middle English baille, from Anglo French, bucket, from Medieval Latin bajula water vessel, from feminine of Latin bajulus porter, carrier Date: 14th century a container used to remove water from a boat II. verb Date: 1613… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bail — [[t]be͟ɪl[/t]] bails, bailing, bailed (The spelling bale is also used for meaning 5, and for meanings 1 and 3 of the phrasal verb.) 1) N UNCOUNT: oft on N Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee… …   English dictionary

• bail — 1 / bāl/ n [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… …   Law dictionary

• bail bond — see bond 1a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. bail bond n. A contract betw …   Law dictionary

• Bail — Bail, n. [OF. bail guardian, administrator, fr. L. bajulus. See {Bail} to deliver.] 1. Custody; keeping. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Silly Faunus now within their bail. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) The person or persons who procure the release… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bail bond — (b[=a]l b[o^]nd ). (Law) (a) A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner s appearance in court, at the return of the writ. (b) Special bail in court to abide the judgment. Bouvier. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Prisoner characters — A list of all inmates of Wentworth Detention Centre in the television series Prisoner. Note that episode numbers cited are for first and last appearances; many characters had spells where they were absent and subsequently returned. Listed in… …   Wikipedia

• bail — bail1 [beıl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: keeping someone as a prisoner , from baillier to deliver, keep as a prisoner , from Medieval Latin bajulare to control , from Latin bajulus someone who carries loads ] 1.) [U] money left with …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bail — bail1 /bayl/, Law. n. 1. property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time. 2. the person who agrees to be liable if someone released from custody does not return at an appointed time. 3. the… …   Universalium

• bail — I. /beɪl / (say bayl) noun 1. (in criminal proceedings) the release of a prisoner from legal custody into the custody of persons acting as sureties, undertaking to produce the prisoner to the court at a later date or forfeit the security… …