Limited surety - answerAgents of insurance companies.
Contract - answerA legally binding agreement between two or more people.
Acquit - answerTo set free
Adjudicate - answerTo decide a matter based on evidence presented by the court
Affidavit - answerA written statement given voluntarily under oath before a notary or
other official
Agency - answerA business location at which a licensed and appointed bail bond agent
engages in any activity under the license and appointment of bail bonds
Appeal - answerThe act of asking a higher court to review the judgement of a lower
court and reverse the lower courts decision
Appeal bond - answerOperates as a bail bond for an appellant in criminal case
Appearance bond - answerIn a criminal proceeding guarantees the defendant will
appear in court
Appellant - answerA person who brings an appeal
Appellee - answerParty against whom the appeal is taken
Attorney in fact - answerOne who is an agent or representative of another who is given
authority to act on behalf of another
Authority (actual) - answerThe authority expressly given to an agent by contract and or
by a power of attorney
Authority
(Apparent) - answerThe authority the public may reasonably believe an agent has
Authority (express) - answerSame as actual authority
Bail - answerMonetary or other form of security given to ensure the appearance of the
defendant at every stage of the proceeding
, Bail bond - answerThe document extended to secure the release of an individual in
custody by law
Bail bond agent - answerA limited surety agent of professional bail bond agent
Bond - answerA written instrument in which a party agrees to perform some act for the
benefit of a second party, and the third party agrees to pay the sum of money fixed as
the penalty
Bondsman - answerSame as bail bond agent
Build up fund - answerAn optional fu d that is held in trust for the limited surety company
and into which all bond premiums are paid
Capias - answerA writ commanding the arrest of a person so that he may be compelled
to appear before the court
Capital offense - answerA felony for which the punishment may be the death penalty
Collateral security - answerSomething of value given by or on behalf of the defendant to
protect the surety from loss
Collateralise - answerTo make secure with collateral
Committing magistrate - answerAny judicial officer with the power to commit a person to
jail
Concealment - answerIntentional withholding of material facts
Consideration - answerThe bargaining portion of a contract
Contempt bond - answerGive. In civil cases to guarantee the principal will obey the
orders of the court in the future.
Contempt of court (civil) - answerFailure to do something the court has ordered for the
benefit of another party to the proceeding
Contempt of court (criminal) - answerAn act of contempt against the court itself , usually
occurs in the court itself. Punishment is usually given immediately and bail isn't possible
Contract - answerA legally binding agreement between two or more people.
Conversion - answerThe unlawful assumption of ownership of the property of another
Conviction - answerIn criminal proceedings, the final finding of guilt by a judge or jury.
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