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BAIL BONDS FL STATE EXAM KEY TERMS
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BAIL BONDS FL STATE EXAM KEY TERMSLimited surety - Answers-Agents of insurance companies.
Contract - Answers-A legally binding agreement between two or more people.
Acquit - Answers-To set free
Adjudicate - Answers-To decide a matter based on evidence presented by the court
Affidavit - Answers-A written statement given voluntarily under oath before a notary or
other official
Agency - Answers-A business location at which a licensed and appointed bail bond
agent engages in any activity under the license and appointment of bail bonds
Appeal - Answers-The act of asking a higher court to review the judgement of a lower
court and reverse the lower courts decision
Appeal bond - Answers-Operates as a bail bond for an appellant in criminal case
Authority
(Apparent) - Answers-The authority the public may reasonably believe an agent has
Authority (express) - Answers-Same as actual authority
Bail - Answers-Monetary or other form of security given to ensure the appearance of the
defendant at every stage of the proceeding
Bail bond - Answers-The document extended to secure the release of an individual in
custody by law
Bail bond agent - Answers-A limited surety agent of professional bail bond agent
Bond - Answers-A written instrument in which a party agrees to perform some act for the
benefit of a second party, and the third party agrees to pay the sum of money fixed as
the penalty
Bondsman - Answers-Same as bail bond agent
Build up fund - Answers-An optional fu d that is held in trust for the limited surety
company and into which all bond premiums are paid
Capias - Answers-A writ commanding the arrest of a person so that he may be
compelled to appear before the court
, Appearance bond - Answers-In a criminal proceeding guarantees the defendant will
appear in court
Appellant - Answers-A person who brings an appeal
Appellee - Answers-Party against whom the appeal is taken
Attorney in fact - Answers-One who is an agent or representative of another who is
given authority to act on behalf of another
Authority (actual) - Answers-The authority expressly given to an agent by contract and
or by a power of attorney
Capital offense - Answers-A felony for which the punishment may be the death penalty
Collateral security - Answers-Something of value given by or on behalf of the defendant
to protect the surety from loss
Collateralise - Answers-To make secure with collateral
Committing magistrate - Answers-Any judicial officer with the power to commit a person
to jail
Concealment - Answers-Intentional withholding of material facts
Consideration - Answers-The bargaining portion of a contract
Contempt bond - Answers-Give. In civil cases to guarantee the principal will obey the
orders of the court in the future.
Contempt of court (civil) - Answers-Failure to do something the court has ordered for the
benefit of another party to the proceeding
Contempt of court (criminal) - Answers-An act of contempt against the court itself ,
usually occurs in the court itself. Punishment is usually given immediately and bail isn't
possible
Contract - Answers-A legally binding agreement between two or more people.
Conversion - Answers-The unlawful assumption of ownership of the property of another
Conviction - Answers-In criminal proceedings, the final finding of guilt by a judge or jury.
Corporate surety - Answers-A legal business entity (company) created by law for the
purpose of issuing any or all types of bonds
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