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Bailable   Listen
adjective
Bailable  adj.  
1.
Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; used of persons. "He's bailable, I'm sure."
2.
Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense.
3.
That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.





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"Bailable" Quotes from Famous Books



... recourse. 'Tis a temporary one, but it gives a respite and the name of it is whiskey.' And straight off he walks up the path to town again. 'Now,' says I in my mind, 'may the Manitou move him to do only bailable things this night!' For I perceive that John Tom is about to avail himself of ...
— Rolling Stones • O. Henry
... a bailable one," said the cool sheriff; "nor, if the thing were possible, would it be creditable in you, as a magistrate, to offer yourself as bail for a common robber, one of the most notorious highwaymen ...
— Willy Reilly - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton
... day of trial, Rebecca Nurse lay in jail, with great, heavy fetters, which she could scarcely carry, upon her. Her husband, family and friends did all in their power to procure her release on bond; but witchcraft was not a bailable offence. ...
— The Witch of Salem - or Credulity Run Mad • John R. Musick


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