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BAHADUR; BAHAUDUR n.

A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

A member of the sect of the Babis consisting of the adherents of Baha (Mirza Husain Ali, entitled "Baha 'u 'llah," or, "the Splendor of God"), the elder half brother of Mirza Yahya of Nur, who succeeded the Bab as the head of the Babists. Baha in 1863 declared himself the supreme prophet of the sect, and became its rec…

The religious tenets or practices of the Bahais.

A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.

To soak or drench. [Obs.]

A box of the lowest tier in a theater. Du Maurier.

BAIL n. 16 definitions

A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat. [Obs.] The bail of a canoe . . . made of a human skull. Capt. Cook.

BAIL BOND n. 2 definitions

Special bail in court to abide the judgment. Bouvier.

BAILABLE a. 3 definitions

Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons. "He's bailable, I'm sure." Ford.

The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone.

BAILER n. 3 definitions

BAILEY n. 3 definitions

A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [Eng.] Oxf. Gloss.

An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

BAILIFF n. 3 definitions

or castle; one to whom power Abbott. Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate. Addison.

See Bailiwick. [Obs.]

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

BAILLIE n. 2 definitions

Bailiff. [Obs.]

BAILMENT n. 2 definitions

The action of bailing a person accused. Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law. Dalton.

One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.

A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.