Definizione monolingua

bail

bail (third-person singular simple present bails, present participle bailing, simple past and past participle bailed)

1. To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
   • 2012 11 February, David Barrett, “Rupert Murdoch moves to reassure Sun staff after arrests”, The Telegraph, UK:

     For the first time, the arrests broadened beyond payments to police, with a Ministry of Defence employee and a member of the Armed forces held by police before also being bailed to a date in May.

2. (law) To release a person under such guarantee.
3. To set free.
4. (law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
5. (nautical) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.

bail (plural bails)

1. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that persons appearance for trial.
   • 2009, George Cole; Christopher Smith, The American System of Criminal Justice, International Edition, page 338:

     The Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution forbids excessive bail, and state bail laws are usually designed to prevent discrimination in setting bail.

   • 2011, Larry J. Siegel, Criminology, page 658:

     The purpose of bail is to ensure the return of the accused at subsequent proceedings. If the accused is unable to make bail, he or she is detained in jail.

2. (law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
3. (law, UK) The person providing such payment.
4. A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.

Definizione dizionario bail

	cauzione
	security

	sgottare
	to remove water

concedere la libertà provvisoria

fideiussione

garante

garanzia

libertà provvisoria

mettere in libertà provvisoria

Altri significati:

bucket or scoop

(cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.

To set free.

(law) To release a person under such guarantee.

(slang) To exit quickly.

(mainly Australia & New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during outdoor milking.

(law) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.

(Australian, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.

(slang): To not attend.

A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket)

(law) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

(furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull.

(law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.

(nautical) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.

(rare) To confine.

A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.

(Australian, New Zealand) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up. (Usually with up.)

A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).

A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.

bail (water)

To secure the head of a cow during milking.

(law) The person providing such payment.

bail (water out of a boat)

(law) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.