estreated bond definition
This means that the Defendant failed to appear for Court. A warrant was issued for his arrest, called an alias capias. The surety bond estreated means the Court is taking the bond which was used to secure his appearance in Court, and making the bondsman pay the entire bond. He will most certainly be hunted down but the bondsman's bounty hunters, (just like on TV), and by the sheriff's fugitive recovery division. He is in trouble!