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The court in many jurisdictions, especially states that as of 2012 prohibited surety bail bondsmen – Oregon, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky and Maine [29] – may demand a certain amount of the total bail (typically 10%) be given to the court, which is known as surety on the bond and unlike with bail bondsmen, is returned if the ...
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:
After the bail has been posted, the court must again review the grounds for bail, and must decide either to accept or refuse the bail. [20] When accepting the bail, the court may also require the charged person to stay in the country. [21] The court may decide to rescind the bail if the charged person [22]
A bailout is the provision of financial help to a corporation or country which otherwise would be on the brink of bankruptcy.A bailout differs from the term bail-in (coined in 2010) under which the bondholders or depositors of global systemically important financial institutions (G-SIFIs) are forced to participate in the recapitalization process but taxpayers are not.
Laying out strategies and plans, including possible government aid, the document as cited by Valukas has a list of "Open Issues." But a concern about lacking legal authority to help Lehman isn't ...
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.
Congress authorized preventive detention in the Bail Reform Act of 1984, and the Court upheld the Act in United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739 (1987). The Court held that the only limitation imposed by the bail clause is that "the government's proposed conditions of release or detention not be 'excessive' in light of the perceived evil."
It is common practice in legal documents to cite other publications by using standard abbreviations for the title of each source. Abbreviations may also be found for common words or legal phrases. Such citations and abbreviations are found in court decisions, statutes, regulations, journal articles, books, and other documents.