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BAIL BOND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bail bond mean?
• BAIL BOND (noun)
The noun BAIL BOND has 1 sense:
1. (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
Familiarity information: BAIL BOND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
Context example:
a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman
Hypernyms ("bail bond" is a kind of...):
recognisance; recognizance ((law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited)
Domain category:
criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)
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