bailable
Americanadjective
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eligible for release on bail
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admitting of bail
a bailable offence
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The ruling overturns a Kankakee County judge’s opinion in December that the law violated the constitution’s provision that “all persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023
Mr Kappan's lawyer told the BBC in 2021 that his client was initially charged with "minor bailable offences".
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2023
Lawyer Wills Mathews, who is representing both Mr Kappan and the journalists' union, told the BBC that initially his client was charged with minor bailable offences.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2021
Under President Sirleaf's tenure a new, tougher rape law came into force but was then amended, reducing the tough sentences and making it a bailable offence.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2018
As this was a bailable offense, however, Burr was soon at liberty once more.
From John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court by Corwin, Edward Samuel
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