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Bailiff
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BailiffOffice. Magistrates who for merly administered justice in the parliaments or courts of France, answering to the English sheriffs as mentioned by Bracton.
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Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
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Bail
Criminal law: a commitment made (and possibly secured by cash or property) to secure the release of a person being held in custody and suspected of a crime, to provide some kind of guarantee that the suspect will appear to answer the charges at some later date.
Bail bond
An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as "bond."
Bailable action
One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer.
Bailable process
Is that process by which an officer is required to arrest a person, and afterwards to take bail for his appearance.
Bailee
The person who receives property through a contract of bailment, from the bailor, and who may be committed to certain duties of care towards the property while it remains in his or her possession.
Bailiwick
The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county.
Bailment
The transfer of possession of something (by the bailor) to another person (called the bailee) for some temporary purpose (eg. storage) after which the property is either returned to the bailor or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the contract of bailment.
Bailor
Contracts. He who bails a thing to another.
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Bail
Criminal law: a commitment made (and possibly secured by cash or property) to secure the release of a person being held in custody and suspected of a crime, to provide some kind of guarantee that the suspect will appear to answer the charges at some later date.
Bail bond
An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as "bond."
Bailable action
One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer.
Bailable process
Is that process by which an officer is required to arrest a person, and afterwards to take bail for his appearance.
Bailee
The person who receives property through a contract of bailment, from the bailor, and who may be committed to certain duties of care towards the property while it remains in his or her possession.
Bailiff
Bailiwick
The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county.
Bailment
The transfer of possession of something (by the bailor) to another person (called the bailee) for some temporary purpose (eg. storage) after which the property is either returned to the bailor or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the contract of bailment.
Bailor
Contracts. He who bails a thing to another.
Bair-man
Scottish law. A poor insolvent debtor left bare.
Bairn's part
Scottish law. Children's part a third part of the defunct's free movables, debts deducted, if the wife survive, and a half if there be no relict.
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Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Bail
Criminal law: a commitment made (and possibly secured by cash or property) to secure the release of a person being held in custody and suspected of a crime, to provide some kind of guarantee that the suspect will appear to answer the charges at some later date.
Bail bond
An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as "bond."
Bailable action
One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer.
Bailable process
Is that process by which an officer is required to arrest a person, and afterwards to take bail for his appearance.
Bailee
The person who receives property through a contract of bailment, from the bailor, and who may be committed to certain duties of care towards the property while it remains in his or her possession.
Bailiwick
The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county.
Bailment
The transfer of possession of something (by the bailor) to another person (called the bailee) for some temporary purpose (eg. storage) after which the property is either returned to the bailor or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the contract of bailment.
Bailor
Contracts. He who bails a thing to another.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Bail
Criminal law: a commitment made (and possibly secured by cash or property) to secure the release of a person being held in custody and suspected of a crime, to provide some kind of guarantee that the suspect will appear to answer the charges at some later date.
Bail bond
An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as "bond."
Bailable action
One in which the defendant is entitled to be discharged from arrest, only upon giving bail to answer.
Bailable process
Is that process by which an officer is required to arrest a person, and afterwards to take bail for his appearance.
Bailee
The person who receives property through a contract of bailment, from the bailor, and who may be committed to certain duties of care towards the property while it remains in his or her possession.
Bailiff
Bailiwick
The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county.
Bailment
The transfer of possession of something (by the bailor) to another person (called the bailee) for some temporary purpose (eg. storage) after which the property is either returned to the bailor or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the contract of bailment.
Bailor
Contracts. He who bails a thing to another.
Bair-man
Scottish law. A poor insolvent debtor left bare.
Bairn's part
Scottish law. Children's part a third part of the defunct's free movables, debts deducted, if the wife survive, and a half if there be no relict.
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