Bail
Definition
The conditional release of an accused person from custody pending trial, usually against a bond and sometimes a surety.
Related terms
- Anticipatory Bail
- A court order granted before arrest that directs the police to release a named person on bail if they are arrested on...
- Judicial Remand
- An order by a magistrate or judge committing an accused person to custody, police or judicial, during investigation or trial.
- Police Custody
- The period during which an arrested person is held under police control for investigation, distinct from later judicial custody in prison pending...
- Preventive Detention
- Executive detention of a person without a criminal charge, justified by a forecast that the person threatens public order or security.
- Surety
- A person who undertakes to the court, backed by a financial bond, that the released accused will appear when required.