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A bailout is an act of loaning or giving capital to an entity that is in danger of failing. When written as two words—bail out—it commonly refers to: Bail out, to secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money; Bail out (or bale out), to exit an aircraft while in flight, using a parachute; Bailout may also refer to:
bail set at CZK 4 million (~€160,000), but denied and returned by appellate court following prosecutor's complaint; Randy Blythe [15] [16] charged with intentionally inflicting bodily harm which resulted in death (i.e. manslaughter) (2012) bail set at CZK 4 million, then doubled by appellate court following prosecutor's complaint; Robert ...
Unsecured bail. This is a release without a deposit but it differs from ROR in that the defendant must pay a fee upon breaching the terms of the bail. This is typically called an "unsecured appearance bond". [56] Percentage bail. The defendant deposits only a percentage of the bail's amount (usually 10%) with the court clerk. [56]
A bail bondsman, bail bond agent or bond dealer is any person, agency or corporation that will act as a surety and pledge money or property as bail for the appearance of a defendant in court. Bail bond agents are almost exclusively found in the United States because the practice of bail bonding is illegal in most other countries.
A bail-in is the opposite of a bail-out because it does not rely on external parties, especially government capital support. A bail-in creates new capital to rescue a failing firm through an internal recapitalization and forces the borrower's creditors to bear the burden by having part of the debt they are owed written off or converted into equity.
As pointed out by Sandro Nielsen in 1994, law dictionaries can serve various functions. The traditional law dictionary with definitions of legal terms serves to help users understand the legal texts they read (a communicative function) or to acquire knowledge about legal matters independent of any text (a cognitive function) – such law dictionaries are usually monolingual.
At common law, this was the name of a mixed action (springing from the earlier personal action of ejectione firmae) which lay for the recovery of the possession of land, and for damages for the unlawful detention of its possession. The action was highly fictitious, being in theory only for the recovery of a term for years, and brought by a ...
Bale out (or Bail out) – to jump out of a stricken aircraft and parachute down to earth. [7] [9] Banana Boat – an aircraft carrier. [10] Bandit – an enemy aircraft. [11] Bang-on – right on target, a direct hit on a target by a bomb, bullseye. [5] Belt–up – RAF slang from the 1930s meaning to be quiet. [12]