bondsman
Posts bail professionally
A bondsman is someone who provides surety for another—guaranteeing money or pledging to ensure someone appears in court.
In the bail bond industry, a bondsman posts bail for defendants who can't afford it, charging a fee (typically 10%) for the service: The bondsman got him out of jail overnight.
Historically, bondsman also meant a person bound in servitude—a slave or serf.
Backer of obligation
- bailCourt-set release payment
- defendantParty facing charges
- collateralSecurity for debt
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
bounty hunter · court · skiptracer · recovery · apprehension · arrest · warrant · detention
surety
Backer of obligation
- bailCourt-set release payment
- defendantParty facing charges
- collateralSecurity for debt
fugitive · bounty hunter · court · skiptracer · recovery · apprehension · arrest · warrant · detention · custody
surety
Backer of obligation
- cosignerSecondary loan obligor
- underwriterOne who assumes financial risk
- endorserOne who publicly approves
backer · sponsor · patron · vouch · pledge · guarantee · warranty · collateral · liability · obligation
serf
Bonded agricultural laborer
- vassalLand-holding sworn subordinate
- liegeFeudal superior or subject
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
lord · peasant · thrall · servitude · tenure · fealty · homage · villeinage · indenture · obligation
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- medieval societyserfs, noble lineage, peasants, serf, heir
- old occupationsblacksmith, carpenter, miller, farmer, shepherd
- social ranksking, queen, emperor, empress, noble
- slaverychattel slavery, enslaved, slave, enslavement, slave traders
- feudal tenantserf, villein, peasant, vassal, copyholder
- bail bondsmanGuarantor of court appearance