(b) To deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied,
that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to
a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier. Blackstone. Kent.
Bail
(Bail), n. [OF. bail guardian, administrator, fr. L. bajulus. See Bail to deliver.]
1. Custody; keeping. [Obs.]
Silly Faunus now within their bail.
Spenser.
2. (Law) (a) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the
officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surety for his appearance in court.
The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen.
Blackstone.
A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at law.
Kent.
(b) The security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the
officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one.
Excessive bail ought not to be required.
Blackstone.
Bail
(Bail), n. [OE. beyl; cf. Dan. böile a bending, ring, hoop, Sw. bögel, bygel, and Icel. beyla hump,
swelling, akin to E. bow to bend.]
1. The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable. Forby.
2. A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.
Bail
(Bail), n. [OF. bail, baille. See Bailey.]
1. (Usually pl.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense. [Written also bayle.] [Obs.]
2. The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court. Holinshed.
3. A certain limit within a forest. [Eng.]
4. A division for the stalls of an open stable.
5. (Cricket) The top or cross piece (or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
Bailable
(Bail"a*ble) a.
1. Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; — used of persons.
"He's bailable, I'm sure." Ford.
2. Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense.
3. That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.
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. [OF. baillé, p. p. of bailler. See Bail to deliver.] (Law) 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.
