• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
• the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
verb
• release after a security has been paid
• deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
• secure the release of (someone) by providing security
• a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
• (chiefly in the plural) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
• Submission.
• Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
• A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
• The calyptra of mosses.
• A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
• A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
• Velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
• A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
• An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
verb
• To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
• To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
• To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
• (vexillology) (current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
• perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in Northern Hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
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