Bailable Process
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Process under which the sheriff is directed to arrest the defendant)- and is required by law to discharge him upon his tendering suitable bail as security for his appearance. A capias ad respondendum is bailable; not so a capiat ad satisfaciendum.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Process under which an officer may take bail in lieu of an arrest and imprisonment.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Process under which the sheriff is directed to arrest the defendant and is required by law to discharge him upon his tendering suitable bail as security for his appearance. A capias ad respondendum is bailable; not so a capias ad satisfaciendum.