0 past simple and past participle of bail --
2 If someone accused of a crime is bailed, they are released until their trial after paying bail to the court: --
[ + to infinitive ] He was bailed to appear at the Magistrates' Court next month.
She was yesterday bailed for three weeks on drink-driving offences.
3 to stop doing something or leave a place before something is finished: --
It was so boring I bailed early.
Some of them had been bailed for other offences 10 or 15 times already in the year.
A 15-year-old might be bailed on condition that he does not leave his home after 10 pm, but he does.
He can be rearrested, bailed under the same condition, and break it again the next day and the day after.
It offers no distinction in this respect between those held in custody pending trial and those who have been bailed.
In 1993, about 59,600 defendants bailed by the police failed to appear.
By putting money into industry in the way we have done in this case, it is often the shareholder who is partially bailed out.
The responsibility for dealing with young people on remand rests with the local authorities, except where they are bailed or are remanded to prison custody.
I am told that we are talking about 300 farmers who need to be bailed out.
