bail below

  • 1bail below — bail to the sheriff or bail below Persons who undertake that a defendant arrested upon mesne process in a civil action shall duly appear to answer the plaintiff; such undertaking being in the form of a bond given to the sheriff, termed a bail… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 2bail below — bail to the sheriff or bail below Persons who undertake that a defendant arrested upon mesne process in a civil action shall duly appear to answer the plaintiff; such undertaking being in the form of a bond given to the sheriff, termed a bail… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 3bail to the sheriff or bail below — Persons who undertake that a defendant arrested upon mesne process in a civil action shall duly appear to answer the plaintiff; such undertaking being in the form of a bond given to the sheriff, termed a bail bond (q.v.). 3 Bl.Comm. 290. Sureties …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 4bail to the sheriff or bail below — Persons who undertake that a defendant arrested upon mesne process in a civil action shall duly appear to answer the plaintiff; such undertaking being in the form of a bond given to the sheriff, termed a bail bond (q.v.). 3 Bl.Comm. 290. Sureties …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 5bail below — Bail on the mesne process of civil arrest, otherwise known as special bail, for the appearance of the principal in court on the return day of the writ. 8 Am J2d Bail § 1 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 6bail below — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : bail given by two sureties to the sheriff for the due appearance of the defendant 2. : a mere form with imaginary persons as sureties used as a method of entering the appearance of the defendant in civil actions called… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 7bail to the sheriff — or bail below Persons who undertake that a defendant arrested upon mesne process in a civil action shall duly appear to answer the plaintiff; such undertaking being in the form of a bond given to the sheriff, termed a bail bond (q.v.). 3 Bl.Comm …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 8bail to the sheriff — or bail below Persons who undertake that a defendant arrested upon mesne process in a civil action shall duly appear to answer the plaintiff; such undertaking being in the form of a bond given to the sheriff, termed a bail bond (q.v.). 3 Bl.Comm …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 9below — Inferior; of inferior jurisdiction, or jurisdiction in the first instance. The court from which a cause is removed for review is called the court below. Preliminary; auxiliary or instrumental. Bail to the sheriff has been called bail below, as… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 10below — Inferior; of inferior jurisdiction, or jurisdiction in the first instance. The court from which a cause is removed for review is called the court below. Preliminary; auxiliary or instrumental. Bail to the sheriff has been called bail below, as… …

    Black's law dictionary