Jump.Bail
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A colloquial expression, meaning to abscond in violation of the obligation of a bail bond.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
To abscond, withdraw, or secrete one’s self, in violation of the obligation of a bail-bond. The expression is
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A colloquial expression describing the act of the principal in a bailbond in violating the condition of the obligation by failing to do the thing stipulated, as, not appearing in court on a particular day to abide the event of a suit or the order of court, but, instead, withdrawing or fleeing from the jurisdiction.