Assertion: bail | /r/HasProperty | set by the court
Facets:
value: at a sum
type: OTHER
value: in order
type: OTHER
value: to ensure
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Key Takeaways A bail bond cosigned by a bail bondsmen is posted by a defendant in lieu of full payment of the bail set by the court.
text: If the only asserted interest is to guarantee that the accused will stand trial and submit to sentence if found guilty, then “bail must be set by a court at a sum designed to ensure that goal, and no more.
text: The bond is an amount set by a court to ensure the defendant returns to court on the appointed date.
text: Bail bonds are essentially pledges to be financially responsible for the bail set by the court.
text: If a defendant can’t make bail set by the court, they may ask the court to reconsider the bail, or appeal the bail.
text: Meanwhile, commercial bail bondsmen make the rich richer: when a person cannot afford the full money bail, he or she can often pay a commercial bail bondsmen a fee, generally 10% of the bail set by the court.
text: If the only asserted interest is to guarantee that the accused will stand trial and submit to sentence if found guilty, then “bail must be set by a court at a sum designed to ensure that goal, and no more.”26
text: Bail is the actual amount set by the courts in order for a defendant to be released.