What is lieu of bail mean?
In lieu of means ‘in place of’ or ‘instead of’. They were unwilling or unable to pay the bail and were therefore put in jail.
What does in lieu of bond mean? Rather than paying the cash to the court, the agent is hired and signs a guarantee to pay a set amount should the defendant fail to appear in court. In lieu of making this payment, the agent can locate and bring the defendant back to jail in a process known as surrendering the bond.
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