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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.