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
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Mr. Justice Death may not like the doctor for a main pernor, or bailsman. ''
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"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."
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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
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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.
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"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."
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"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."
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It sounds like a few people will need to contact Bill Nissen (the bonds bailsman) within the next couple of days.
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Mr. Justice Death may not like the doctor for a main pernor, or bailsman.”
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‘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.’
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"Every man must be his own security, my dark-skinned friend, till he can find a bailsman.
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