n. [ OF. bail guardian, administrator, fr. L. bajulus. See Bail to deliver. ]
Silly Faunus now within their bail. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at law. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]
Excessive bail ought not to be required. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. bailler to give, to deliver, fr. L. bajulare to bear a burden, keep in custody, fr. bajulus he who bears burdens. ]
Ne none there was to rescue her, ne none to bail. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The word is applied to the magistrate or the surety. The magistrate bails (but admits to bail is commoner) a man when he liberates him from arrest or imprisonment upon bond given with sureties. The surety bails a person when he procures his release from arrest by giving bond for his appearance. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. baille a bucket, pail; cf. LL. bacula, dim. of bacca a sort of vessel. Cf. Bac. ] A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull. Capt. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. beyl; cf. Dan. böile a bending, ring, hoop, Sw. bögel, bygel, and Icel. beyla hump, swelling, akin to E. bow to bend. ]
n. [ OF. bail, baille. See Bailey. ]
v. t.
Buckets . . . to bail out the water. Capt. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
By the help of a small bucket and our hats we bailed her out. R. H. Dana, Jr. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
(Law)
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In penal statutes the word includes those who receive goods for another in good faith. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) See Bailor. [ 1913 Webster ]