01 n. The action of bailing a person accused.
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The action of bailing a person accused.(Law)“Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law.” — Dalton.
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A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.(Law)