Common Bail
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Fictitious sureties en-
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Fictitious sureties. In the fictitious proceedings by which the King's Bench extended its jurisdiction of ordinary civil.suits, if the defendant did not appear to the Bill of Middlesex or the Latitat, he was in contempt; this, too, was fictitious; the plaintiff was allowed to enter an appearance for the defendant, with John Doe and Richard Roe as sureties. This •was "common bail." See Bill of Middlesex.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In practice. The form of entering merely fictitious bail, in cases where special bail is not required. A species of bail intended only to express the appearance of a defendant.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850