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BAIL BOND [11 records]

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Record 1 2024-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
DEF

A person who posts bail for another, especially as a business.

OBS

bail bond : The document executed to secure the release of a person awaiting trial.

Key term(s)
  • bailbondsman
  • bailbondswoman

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
DEF

A bond given by a criminal defendant or by his or her surety to ensure compliance with the terms of bail and especially within the requirement that the defendant appear in court as scheduled.

Key term(s)
  • bail-bond

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal
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Record 3 2015-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Security
  • Insurance
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Once the judge orders exoneration, the court prepares to refund a cash bond to the bond poster or provides written clearance to be given to a bail bond company. Once clearance is provided, the bail bond company initiates the release of collateral...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des sûretés
  • Assurances
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

Bail-Personal security provided by a defendant to the court to prevent the arrest of a ship or to secure its release from arrest. The security takes the form of a bail bond, in which the sureties submit to the jurisdiction of the court and undertake that if the defendants do not pay what may be adjudged against them or what is agreed by settlement, execution may issue against them as sureties for the amount due.

Key term(s)
  • maritime bond

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

La partie qui a l’intention de fournir un cautionnement visé aux alinéas (1) b) ou c) signifie et dépose un préavis de cautionnement maritime, établi selon la formule 486B, au moins 24 heures avant de déposer le cautionnement.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Penal Law
DEF

A quasi-judicial officer given the power to set bail, accept bond, accept guilty pleas, impose sentences for traffic violations and similar offenses, and conduct informal hearings on civil infractions.

OBS

Magistrate. A local official who possesses whatever power is specified in the appointment or statutory grant of authority.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit pénal
CONT

Le commissaire enquêteur est en France une personne, indépendante, en général désignée par le président du Tribunal Administratif et chargée de conduire les enquêtes publiques imposées par la Loi.

OBS

L'acte de nomination d'un commissaire-enquêteur peut déterminer un territoire auquel celui-ci est affecté.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tribunales
  • Derecho penal
OBS

juez de instrucción: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 6 2011-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
CONT

After the bail bond has been signed, the party on whose behalf bail is given must serve a notice of bail on the opposite party...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Security
  • Loans
  • Private Law
DEF

An individual, as opposed to an insurance company or other corporate institution, acting as a surety or guarantor.

CONT

Personal Surety : Defined as any individual who, having posted the necessary qualification bond and been duly licensed by the commissioner as required... may execute and sign bail bonds in connection with judicial proceedings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des sûretés
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Droit privé
DEF

Caution qui s'engage envers le créancier à exécuter elle-même une obligation au cas où le débiteur principal refuserait ou négligerait de le faire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de cauciones
  • Préstamos
  • Derecho privado
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Record 8 2007-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Security
  • Rules of Court
CONT

Notice of objection to bail... An adverse party or or caveator who is not satisfied with the sufficiency of a bond set out in a notice of bail shall serve and file a notice of objection in Form 486C.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des sûretés
  • Règles de procédure
CONT

Avis d'opposition à cautionnement [...] Une partie adverse ou la personne qui a déposé un caveat qui n'estime pas suffisant le cautionnement indiqué dans le préavis de cautionnement maritime signifie et dépose un avis d'opposition, établi selon la formule 486C.

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Legal Actions
CONT

... in proceedings against bail the onus of proving that the debtor has not gone or been out of the Province contrary to the condition of the bond shall be upon the bail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Actions en justice
CONT

Aucune stipulation du présent cautionnement ne limite le droit du prêteur d'intenter une procédure contre la caution dans une province ou un pays autre que celle ou celui où la propriété est située.

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Security
OBS

Assistance in legal matters, such as securing and posting bail bonds

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des sûretés

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Security
  • Rules of Court

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des sûretés
  • Règles de procédure

Spanish

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