▪ I. † ˈbailable, a.1 Obs.
In 5–6 baleable.
[a. OF. baillable f. bailler in sense of ‘deliver.’]
Capable of being delivered, deliverable.
| 1502 Arnold Chron. (1811) 121 If thes oure presentis lettres patentis..be not baleable. |
▪ II. bailable, a.2
(ˈbeɪləb(ə)l)
Also 6–7 baileable, bayl(e-.
[f. bail v.1 and n.1 + -able.]
1. Of persons: Entitled to be released on bail.
| 1554 Act 1–2 Mary xiii. §3 Any person or persons..being bayleable by the law. 1626 Bernard Isle Of Man (1627) 76 To send him to Gaole, if he be not baileable. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. I. 561 All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences. |
2. Of an offence or process: Admitting of bail.
| 1649 Selden Laws of Eng. i. xxxvi. (1739) 53 He was..admitted to Bail if the offences were bailable. 1817 Jas. Mill Brit. India II. v. vi. 572 A capias was granted, with a bailable clause. 1859 Ld. J. Campbell in Ellis Law Rep. II. 114 Directed only against bailable process. |