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bail

temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court
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bail

Summary

bail is a legal term or legal concept[1]. bail ranks in the top 5% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (712 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • bail's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • bail is a type of security deposit[4].
  • bail is part of criminal law[5].
  • bail's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bail[6].
  • bail's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • bail's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[8].
  • bail's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Online[9].
  • bail's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • bail's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[11].
  • bail's Merchant Category Code is recorded as 9223[12].

Body

Geography

bail is part of criminal law[5].

Designation and Status

bail's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].

Why It Matters

bail ranks in the top 5% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (712 views/month).[2] bail has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] bail is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Merchant Category Codes. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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