{"id":358816,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/bail.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"bail","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/bail.html","title":{"rendered":"Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"fl-index-heading\">\n    <p>term:<\/p>\n    <h1 class=\"fl-h1 fl-mb20\"><\/h1>\n\n    <dl class=\"fl-index-heading-description-list\">\n            <dt class=\"fl-mb10\"><p class=\"fl-text-bold\">n<\/p><\/dt>\n        <dd><p>&#91;Anglo-French, act of handing over, delivery of a prisoner into someone&#8217;s custody in exchange for security, from <i>bailler<\/i> to hand over, entrust, from Old French, from Latin <i>bajulare<\/i> to carry (a burden)&#93;<br \/>  <b>1<\/b>  <b>:<\/b> the temporary release of a prisoner in exchange for security given for the prisoner&#8217;s appearance at a later hearing &#91;while free on &#93; <br \/>  <b>2<\/b>  <b>:<\/b> the security given for a prisoner&#8217;s release <br \/>  <i>;also<\/i><br \/>  <b>:<\/b> the amount or terms of the security &#91;excessive shall not be required &#8220;<i>U.S. Constitution<\/i> amend. VIII&#8221;&#93; &#91;posted cash &#93; &#91;motion to reduce &#93; <br \/>  <b>3<\/b>  <b>:<\/b> one who provides bail and is liable for the released prisoner&#8217;s appearance &#91; may arrest or authorize arrest of principal &#8220;<i>Code of Alabama<\/i>&#8220;&#93; <br \/>  <b><br \/>  <b>jump bail<\/b><br \/>  <b>:<\/b> to flee the jurisdiction while released on bail <br \/>  <\/b><br \/>  <b><br \/>  <b>make bail<\/b><br \/>  <b>:<\/b> to be released on bail <br \/>  <\/b><br \/> vt  <b>1<\/b>  <b>:<\/b> to release on bail <br \/>  <b>2<\/b>  <b>:<\/b> to obtain the release of by giving bail often used with <i>out<\/i> <br \/>  <b>3<\/b>  <b>:<\/b> to place (personal property) under a bailment &#91;identity of the article claimed to have been <i>ed<\/i> &#8220;<i>Peet v. Roth Hotel Co.<\/i>, 253 N.W. 546 (1934)&#8221;&#93; <i>NOTE: Property is usually bailed by putting it temporarily in the custody of another for a specific purpose, as safekeeping or delivery to a third party. <\/i> <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n    <div class=\"fl-index-heading-source\">Source: Merriam-Webster&#8217;s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is &#8216;Bail&#8217;? Learn more about legal terms and the law at FindLaw.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":358119,"menu_order":0,"template":"app\/Http\/Controllers\/Templates\/DictionaryArticleController.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","_autodraft_ids":[],"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","_is_real_time_mode":false,"_realtime_collaborators":"","cf_checklist_status":[]},"dictionary_tags":[],"class_list":["post-358816","dictionary","type-dictionary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/358816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dictionary"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary\/358119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dictionary_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/law-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dictionary_tags?post=358816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}