to refuse (to) bail

  • 1bail — bail1 [ beıl ] noun uncount * money that is given to a court when someone is allowed to stay out of prison until their trial. If they do not return for the trial, the court keeps the money: She posted bail of $10,000 (=paid this amount as bail)… …

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  • 2bail — I UK [beɪl] / US noun Word forms bail : singular bail plural bails * 1) a) [uncountable] legal money that is given to a court when someone is allowed to stay out of prison until their trial. If they do not return for the trial, the court keeps… …

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  • 3bail — bail1 [beıl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: keeping someone as a prisoner , from baillier to deliver, keep as a prisoner , from Medieval Latin bajulare to control , from Latin bajulus someone who carries loads ] 1.) [U] money left with …

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  • 4refuse bail — index imprison Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5bail out — [v1] help aid, deliver, release, relieve, rescue, spring; concept 110 Ant. ignore, refuse bail out [v2] escape flee, quit, retreat, withdraw; concept 102 Ant. stay …

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  • 6Bail — Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court in order to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail (and be guilty of the crime of… …

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  • 7bail — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conditional, unconditional (both BrE) ▪ police (BrE) VERB + BAIL ▪ apply for (esp. BrE) ▪ allow sb …

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  • 8refuse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ domestic, household (both esp. BrE) ▪ human … OF REFUSE ▪ heap, pile VERB + REFUSE …

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  • 9Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland — An amendment may be made to any part of the Constitution of Ireland, the founding law of Ireland, but only by referendum. An amendment must first be approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas (parliament), then submitted to a referendum, and… …

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  • 10Histoire d'Hellemmes — Cet article retrace l histoire d Hellemmes, une ancienne commune du Nord de la France, associée à Lille en avril 1977. Elle s appelait autrefois Hellemmes lez Lille. Sommaire 1 Géographie 1.1 Le courant Maître David 2 Étymologie …

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