bail (v.) Copy link Outline I. To give bail for1. spondeo, spŏpondi, sponsum., 2 (in gen. to undertake formally, become surety; q. v.)2. fĭdĕjŭbeo, jussi, jussum, 23. fĭdĕprōmitto, mīsi, missum, 3II. To accept bail for (which, acc. to Roman law, was the part of the plaintiff or prosecutor) • bail (v.): I. To give bail for: 1. spondeo, spŏpondi, sponsum., 2 (in gen. to undertake formally, become surety; q. v.): to b. any one, i. e. to become bail for any one, pro aliquo s., Cic.: v. Dict. Ant. p. 11. 2. fĭdĕjŭbeo, jussi, jussum, 2: Ulp. 3. fĭdĕprōmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: Gaius. (The verb fidejubeo implies a more serious and permanent responsibility than fidepromitto: v. Forcell. s. v. fidepromissor: both words seem to belong to the later terminology of Roman law.) Phr.: the other b.'d him, vas factus est alter ejus sistendi, Cic.: will you deliver yourself to a tyrant for death by b.ing a friend? vadem te ad mortem tyranno dabis pro amico? Cic. II. To accept bail for (which, acc. to Roman law, was the part of the plaintiff or prosecutor): vădor, 1: he does not accept b. for the man at present, hominem in praesentia non vadatur, Cic.: the prosecutor b.'d the prisoner with so many sureties, tot vadibus accusator vadatus est reum, Liv.: v. bail (subs.).
bail (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The person who gives bail1. vas, vădis2. apprōmissor3. fĭdĕjussor4. fĭdeprōmissorII. Security for a legal appearance1. vădĭmōnĭum2. sătisdătĭo3. fĭdĕjussio • bail (subs.): I. The person who gives bail: 1. vas, vădis: the other became b. for his appearance, vas factus est alter ejus sistendi, Cic.: the other that he might release his b. was present at the hour appointed for his death, alter ut v. suum liberaret praesto fuit ad horam morti destinatam, Cic.: v. surety. 2. apprōmissor: Dig. 3. fĭdĕjussor: Dig. 4. fĭdeprōmissor: Gaius. II. Security for a legal appearance: 1. vădĭmōnĭum: to take b., v. capere, Ov.: to keep one's b., v. sistere, Cic.: to forfeit one's b., v. deserere, Cic.: to enlarge b., v. differre, Cic. 2. sătisdătĭo: Cic.: Gai. 3. fĭdĕjussio: Dig.: v. security, surety.
BAIL Copy link • BAIL 1. sponsio; fidejussio, vadimonium (a recognizance or bail to appear in a court of justice): cautio (a security): satisdatio (guarantee, or security for the paformance of a stipulation): to promise bail, vadimonium promittere: he who has made the promise, qui est in vadimonio: to give bail, sponsionem or vadimonium facere; sponsione se obstringere; satisdare: to take bail, satis accipere: to forfeit bail, vadimonium deserere: to demand bail, vadem poscere: of anybody, aliquem vadari. A bail, or one who gives bail: sponsor; fidejussor; vas, vadia, m; praes. ☞ According to Döderlein, sponsor is a surety in a general sense, who guarantees any thing whatever; whereas vas and praes are sureties in a court of justice; vas, one who gives security for the appearance of one or other party in court; praes, who gives security for a claim of government (Hand-book, p. 203). To give leg bail, clam se subducere: luga se subtrahere. 2. v. give bail for anybody, sponsorem, praedem esse pro aliquo: spondere, fidem interponere pro aliquo; vadem fieri alicujus sistendi (for his appearance); praedem fieri pro aliquo or alicujus rei; obsidem alicujus rei fieri: vadem se dare alicui pro aliquo. Accept bail for anybody, vades (praedes) accipere alicujus rei: vadimonio interposito aliquem liberare (of a person who would otherwise be kept in prison).