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  2. Bail in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Surety bond: By a surety bond, a third party agrees to be responsible for the debt or obligation of the defendant. In many jurisdictions this service is provided commercially by a bail bondsman , where the agent will receive 10% of the bail amount up front and will keep that amount regardless of whether the defendant appears in court.

  3. Bail bondsman - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Bail - Wikipedia

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    A Bailable offence is defined as an offence which is shown as bailable in the First Schedule of the Code or which is made bailable by any other law, and non-bailable offence means any other offence. A person who is arrested for a 'bailable' offence may secure bail at the police station, while those who fail to secure police bail and those ...

  5. Peace bond - Wikipedia

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    Peace bonds are similar to a civil court restraining order, and are also based on the lesser burden of proof of civil law. [citation needed] A peace bond can be issued by a criminal court judge or a Justice of the Peace. [2] A peace bond is usually issued when the Crown Prosecutor is convinced that a strong case does not exist against the accused.

  6. Exoneration - Wikipedia

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    The term "exoneration" also is used in criminal law to indicate a surety, i.e. bail bond has been satisfied, completed, and exonerated. The judge orders the bond exonerated; the clerk of court time stamps the original bail bond power and indicates exonerated as the judicial order.

  7. Judge temporarily blocks Georgia law that limits people or ...

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    A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that restricts organizations from helping people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. U.S ...

  8. Fired Florida deputy freed on bond in fatal shooting of Black ...

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    A judge allowed bond Thursday for a Florida sheriff's deputy who was fired and charged with manslaughter after shooting a U.S. Air Force senior airman at the Black man's apartment door. Former ...

  9. Surety - Wikipedia

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    A surety bond is defined as a contract among at least three parties: [1] the obligee: the party who is the recipient of an obligation; the principal: the primary party who will perform the contractual obligation; the surety: who assures the obligee that the principal can perform the task; European surety bonds can be issued by banks and surety ...