Bail definition

Bail means a security, which may include a bond with or without monetary conditions, required by a court for the release of a person in custody set to provide reasonable assurance of public safety and court appearance.
Bail means the pretrial release of a person from custody upon those terms and conditions specified by order of an appropriate judicial officer.
Bail means the security given for the primary purpose of ensuring the presence of the defendant

Examples of Bail in a sentence

  • Note For remanding or granting bail to the offender, see the Bail Act 1992.

  • Nothing in this Code empowering the detention in, or committal to, custody of any person (however the power may be expressed) shall be read as limiting the operation of section 4 of the Bail Act 1982.

  • Bail may be granted unconditionally or subject to conditions imposed by instrument in writing.

  • The Court’s policy remains that there are to be no personal appearances in these lists.All uncontested bail applications are to be conducted by email in accordance with the COVID-19 – Bail Application Procedures published on the Court’s website.

  • A young person in custody who is not released on bail, whether or not bail has been refused under the Bail Act 1982, is, subject to subsection (3) and section 49, to be taken to and placed in a detention centre as soon as practicable after the person’s apprehension.


More Definitions of Bail

Bail means an application or referral to the appropriate person/court for an individual’s release on immigration bail when detained (or liable to be detained) under: (a) the authority of an immigration officer, (b) paragraph 16(1), (1A) or (2) of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (detention of persons liable to examination or removal), (c)paragraph 2(1), (2) or (3) of Schedule 3 to that Act (detention pending deportation),(d) section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (detention of persons liable to examination or removal), or (e) section 36(1) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (detention pending deportation);
Bail means bail in criminal proceedings (within the meaning of the 1976 Act),
Bail means cash bail [or],
Bail means the security given for the primary purpose of ensuring the presence of the defendant in a pending criminal proceeding.
Bail means authorisation under this Act
Bail means pretrial release.
Bail means cash bail[,] or a bail bond [or money paid with a