A written document indicating that defendants or sureties assure the presence of these defendants at a criminal proceeding; if not, then the bond will be forfeited.

A written guarantee, often accompanied by money or other securities, that the person charged with an offense will remain within the court's jurisdiction to face trial at sometime in the future.

Any organization established for the purpose of posting bail for criminal suspects.

Cash payment for situations in which charges are not serious and the scheduled bail is low.

Defendants obtain release by paying in cash the full amount, which is recoverable after the required court appearances are made.

In chemistry, a force that holds atoms together in a metal, formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and mobile free electrons surrounding them. This accounts for many of the characteristic properties of metals and alloys.