Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who gives bail for another; a surety or bail.

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  • noun law A person who provides bail for another

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Examples

  • Mr. Justice Death may not like the doctor for a main pernor, or bailsman. ''

    Rob Roy 1887

  • "I don't know how all that is, Annabella, but at any rate Major Grantly is to be the bailsman, and there is to be another trial at Barchester."

    The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Speke had his bedding amidships, spread on reeds; the cook and bailsman sat facing him, and

    Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • The cook and bailsman sit on the first bar, facing me; and behind them, to the stern, one-half the sailors sit in couples; whilst on the first bar behind me are Bombay and one Beluch, and beyond them to the bow, also in couples, the remaining crew.

    What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

  • "Away with you, then," said Mr. Inglewood, hastily; "his may not be a replevisable case under the statute, you know, or Mr. Justice Death may not like the doctor for a _main pernor, _ or bailsman."

    Rob Roy — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • "Away with you, then," said Mr. Inglewood, hastily; "his may not be a replevisable case under the statute, you know, or Mr. Justice Death may not like the doctor for a _main pernor, _ or bailsman."

    Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • It sounds like a few people will need to contact Bill Nissen (the bonds bailsman) within the next couple of days.

    LJWorld.com stories: News <StaffMember: Jonathan Kealing>, <StaffMember: Jo 2009

  • Mr. Justice Death may not like the doctor for a main pernor, or bailsman.”

    Rob Roy 2005

  • ‘I don’t know how that all is, Annabella, but at any rate Major Grantly is to be the bailsman, and there is to be another trial at Barchester.’

    The Last Chronicle of Barset 2004

  • "Every man must be his own security, my dark-skinned friend, till he can find a bailsman.

    The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times George Alfred Townsend 1877

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