Many are poor and unwilling or unable to pay fees of $200 or less to a bondsman.
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Using a bail bondsman, he posted $150,000 and was released from jail last week.
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After retiring from boxing, Aragon was a bail bondsman in the Los Angeles area.
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Porteous is accused of taking cash from lawyers and gifts from a bail bondsman.
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Antonio Johnson eventually paid $500 to hire a bondsman to get him out of jail.
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The bondsman keeps the 10 percent you pay, while the court returns most of it.
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The source also said the bondsman was allowed into the dwelling without force.
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Finefrock, who obtained his permit this year, also plans to become a bail bondsman.
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For any bail bondsman or woman, bumps, bruises and broken bones are part of the job.
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Bondman: a male slave
Someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
(Bondsmen) Serfdom is the socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism, and specifically relates to Manorialism. It was a condition of bondage or modified slavery which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe. ...
A male slave; A male indentured servant; Someone who signs a bond that states that they have taken responsibility for someone else's obligations
Clans can keep prisoners taken during combat. These are called bondsmen, and are considered members of the laborer caste unless and until the capturing Clan releases them or promotes them back to warrior status. A bondsman is bound by honor, not by shackles. ...
Stood bond or surety for another where a bond was required by law
Also Bailbondsman; a person who works for a bail bond company.
A bondsman is a person who pledges a sum of money as bond in another's behalf.
In feudal times an unfree tenant, i.e. he was bound to occupy a particular plot of land (which he cultivated) in exchange for services to the lord of the manor (free tenants or villeins also had to perform services, but were free to leave and go elsewhere). ...