Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US)A surety, used to obtain the release of a criminal defendant who has been required to give bail.

    Kaution

More definitions
  • (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

Translations

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By meaning 1
surety posted as bail:

Forms

plural: bail bonds
Singularbail bond
Pluralbail bonds

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial:bailbond

Word family

1 related words

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