jail delivery
1Jail delivery — Jail Jail (j[=a]l), n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.] A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody,… …
2jail delivery — n. 1. Eng. Law Historical the clearing of a jail by bringing the prisoners to trial, as at the assizes 2. a liberation of prisoners from jail by force …
3jail delivery — noun the use of force to liberate prisoners • Hypernyms: ↑liberation, ↑release, ↑freeing * * * noun 1. : the clearing of a jail by bringing the prisoners to trial or by having the legality of their commitments reviewed 2 …
4Jail delivery commission — Jail Jail (j[=a]l), n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. ge[^o]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.] A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody,… …
5jail delivery — 1. a liberation of persons from prison, esp. by force. 2. the act of clearing a jail of prisoners by bringing them to trial, as at the assizes in England. [1425 75; late ME] * * * …
6jail delivery — The clearing out or ridding a jail of the persons committed there to await their trials, by disposing of their cases. See 4 Bl Comm 270 …
7jail delivery judges — See judges of gaol delivery …
8jail delivery — See gaol …
9jail delivery — See gaol …
10jail-delivery — …
