Bail Piece
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A certificate given by a judge or the clerk of a court, or other person authorized to keep the record, in which it is certified that the bail became bail for the defendant in a certain sum, and in a particular case.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A formal entry or memorandum of the recognizance or undertaking of special bail in civil actions, which, when signed and acknowledged before the proper officer, is filed in the court in which the action is pending.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In practice. A formal entry or memorandum of the recognizance or undertaking of special bail in civil actions, which, after being signed and acknowledged by the bail before the proper officer, is filed in the court in which the action is pending. 3 Bi. Comm, 291; 1 Tidd, Pr. 250.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A memorandum of special bail signed by the judge and filed in court.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In practice. A formal entry or memorandum of the recognizance or undertaking of special bail in civil actions, which, after being signed and acknowledged by the bail before the proper officer, is fied in the court in which the action is pending. 3 Bl. Com. 291. 1 Tidd*8 Fr. 260.