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bail [beɪl]1 noun(a) Law (money) caution f; (guarantor) caution f, répondant(e) m,f; (release) mise f en liberté provisoire sous caution;∎ on bail sous caution;∎ the judge granted/refused bail le juge a accordé/refusé la mise en liberté provisoire sous caution;∎ she was released on £2,000 bail elle a été mise en liberté provisoire après avoir payé une caution de 2 000 livres;∎ to stand or to go bail for sb se porter garant de qn;∎ who put up bail? qui a payé la caution?;∎ the prisoner jumped or forfeited bail le prisonnier s'est soustrait à la justice (à la faveur d'une mise en liberté provisoire)(a) Law (of guarantor) payer la caution pour, se porter garant de; (of judge) mettre en liberté provisoire sous caution►► Law bail bond cautionnement m;American bail bondsman garant m➲ bail out(a) Law (of guarantor) payer la caution pour, se porter garant de; (of judge) mettre en liberté provisoire sous caution∎ his parents usually bail him out la plupart du temps, ses parents le tirent d'affaire ou le renflouentAviation (parachute) sauter en parachute (d'un avion en perdition)
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bail — 1 noun (U) 1 money left with a court of law to prove that a prisoner will return when their trial 1 (1) starts: release sb on bail/grant sb bail (=let someone out of prison when bail is paid): She was released on bail of $5000. | be on bail (=be… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bail — [beɪl] noun [U] I money that is given to a court so that someone is allowed to stay out of prison until their trial She was released on bail later that day.[/ex] II verb bail [beɪl] bail sb out bail sb/sth out … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
bail — I UK [beɪl] / US noun Word forms bail : singular bail plural bails * 1) a) [uncountable] legal money that is given to a court when someone is allowed to stay out of prison until their trial. If they do not return for the trial, the court keeps… … English dictionary
bail — bail1 [ beıl ] noun uncount * money that is given to a court when someone is allowed to stay out of prison until their trial. If they do not return for the trial, the court keeps the money: She posted bail of $10,000 (=paid this amount as bail)… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Bail — Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court in order to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail (and be guilty of the crime of… … Wikipedia
bail — ▪ I. bail bail 1 [beɪl] noun [uncountable] LAW 1. when someone who has been accused of a crime is allowed to remain free until their court case starts, usually because an amount of money has been given to the court which the court will keep if… … Financial and business terms
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 — 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 — 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… …
bail — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conditional, unconditional (both BrE) ▪ police (BrE) VERB + BAIL ▪ apply for (esp. BrE) ▪ allow sb … Collocations dictionary
List of Murder, She Wrote episodes — This is a list of Murder, She Wrote episodes in the order that they originally aired on CBS. Many of the episodes took place in either Jessica s hometown of Cabot Cove or in New York, but her travels promoting books or visiting relatives and… … Wikipedia