bailable
Eligible for release
Bailable describes an offense or defendant eligible for release on bail.
A bailable offense allows the accused to await trial outside custody by posting bond or other security.
The judge determined the charges were bailable.
Whether something is bailable depends on the severity of the crime, flight risk, and jurisdiction.
Charge-reading court session
- remandReturn for further proceedings
- custodyProtective care or control
- detentionTemporary official holding
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
defendant · accused · magistrate · docket · recognizance · surrender · conditions · release
Binding tie or connection
- collateralSecurity for debt
- guarantorOne pledging another's obligation
- suretyBacker of obligation
- pledgeBinding promise given
indemnity · bondsman · recognizance · deposit · cosigner · forfeiture · underwrite · assurance
Lesser criminal charge
- nonviolentNot using physical force
- pettyOf little importance
- minorScale with lowered third
- chargeCost or accusation
indictment · crime · felony · arrest · accusation · warrant · violation · infraction
Absence of constraint
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
- exonerationOfficial clearing of blame
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
pardon · conditions · supervision · monitoring · ankle bracelet · curfew · restriction · clearance
arraignment
Charge-reading court session
- remandReturn for further proceedings
- custodyProtective care or control
- detentionTemporary official holding
hearing · defendant · accused · magistrate · docket · recognizance · surrender · conditions · release · appearance
bond
Binding tie or connection
- collateralSecurity for debt
- guarantorOne pledging another's obligation
- suretyBacker of obligation
pledge · indemnity · bondsman · recognizance · deposit · cosigner · forfeiture · underwrite · assurance · obligation
misdemeanor
Lesser criminal charge
- nonviolentNot using physical force
- pettyOf little importance
- minorScale with lowered third
charge · indictment · crime · felony · arrest · accusation · warrant · violation · infraction · serious
freedom
Absence of constraint
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
- exonerationOfficial clearing of blame
liberty · pardon · conditions · supervision · monitoring · ankle bracelet · curfew · restriction · clearance · reprieve
bailableunbailable
Ineligible for release bond
no bail · remanded · capital · mandatory detention · detained