BAIL BOND Bail" bond`. (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.
BAILEE Bail`ee", n. Etym: [OF. baillé, p.p. of bailler. See Bail to deliver.] (Law)
Defn: The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone.
Note: In penal statutes the word includes those who receive goods for another in good faith. Wharton.
BAILER
Bail"er, n. (Law)
Defn: See Bailor.
BAILER
Bail"er, n.
1. One who bails or lades.
2. A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
BAILEY Bai"ley, n. Etym: [The same word as bail line of palisades; cf. LL. ballium bailey, OF. bail, baille, a palisade, baillier to inclose, shut.]