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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Origin of bailable
Example Sentences
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In court on Wednesday, presiding judge Emeka Nwite stated that the charges against the defendants were bailable offences.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
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
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
But when he ignored that date too, the Supreme Court issued a "bailable warrant" against him, ordering the West Bengal state police chief to bring him in on 31 March.
From BBC ● May 2, 2017
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 Edward Samuel Corwin
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