A document through which one agrees to accept responsibility for a defendant and insure his/her appearance in court. By signing the form, the person posting the bond agrees to forfeit the bond if the defendant fails to appear in court as ordered.
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• Special bail in court to abide the judgment. • 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.
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(n) Bail Bond is the security bond issued by insurance companies, covering the risk involved in releasing a defendant in judicial custody until the conclusion of the trial. Insurance companies do such cover through bail bondsmen and such bonds are released once the judgment is made.
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An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.
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Bail' bond` (bŏnd`).
(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.
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A specialty by which the defendant and other persons, usually not less than two, though the sheriff may take only one, become bound to the sheriff in a penalty equal to that for which bail is demanded, conditioned for the due appearance of such defendant to the legal process therein described, and by which the sheriff has been commanded to arrest h...
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A bond that a court accepts in exchange for allowing the defendant to remain at liberty until the end of the case. The defendant pays a certain portion of the bail to a bondsman, usually 10%, and may also have to pledge collateral, such as an interest in real property. The bondsman offers the bond to the court. If the defendant appears at all court...
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