to allow bail

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• allow bail — ▪ Are all said of the magistrate ▪ The prisoner offers or surrenders to bail ● bail …   Useful 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 — ➔ bond * * * bail bond UK US noun [C] ► LAW a document stating that an amount of money has been paid to allow a person who has been accused of a crime to remain free until the trial. If the person does not appear at the trial, the court keeps the …   Financial and business terms

• allow — al·low /ə lau̇/ vt: to give approval of or permission for: as a: to grant fulfillment of allow ed her petition for relief b: to decide in favor of allow a deduction on a tax return c: to permit to be presented …   Law 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 — 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 — 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 bondsman — A bail bond agent, or bondsman, is any person or corporation which will act as a surety and pledge money or property as bail for the appearance of a criminal defendant in court. Although banks, insurance companies and other similar institutions… …   Wikipedia

• bail — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conditional, unconditional (both BrE) ▪ police (BrE) VERB + BAIL ▪ apply for (esp. BrE) ▪ allow sb …   Collocations dictionary

• bail sb out — Ⅰ. UK US bail sb out Phrasal Verb with bail({{}}/beɪl/ verb [T, usually passive] (UK also bale sb out) ► LAW to pay money to a court to allow a person who has been accused of a crime to remain free until a trial Ⅱ. UK US bail sb/sth out Phr …   Financial and business terms

• Bail Act 1898 — The Bail Act 1898 (61 62 Vict. c.7), long title An Act to amend the law with respect to Bail, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, given the Royal Assent on 23rd May 1898 and repealed in 1952.The Act amended the… …   Wikipedia