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bail conditions

noun

B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The requirements imposed on a defendant released on bail to secure attendance and prevent offending.

Breaching his bail conditions by contacting the complainant led to his remand in custody.

Topic: Criminal law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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