Bail Bond
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In practice
A bond ^ven to the sheriff on the arrest of a defendant upon mesne process in a civil action, in a penalty of double the sum endorsed on the writ, and with a condition that the defendant shall appear, and put in special bail within a certain time specified.
1 Tidd's Pr, 223, 224.
It is usually executed by the defendant himself, with two sureties, although one is sometimes accepted as sufficient. Id. ibid.
Petersdorff an Bail, 203, €t9eq,