Tug@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoDid you hear about the guy who got caught stealing hay at the farm? He was arrested....message-squaremessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up199file-text
arrow-up199message-squareDid you hear about the guy who got caught stealing hay at the farm? He was arrested....Tug@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHenriVolney@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoNot from the US - just curious about where this saying is coming from?
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoHay gets tied up in large bunches to make it easier to move around and to store. The bunches are called “bales.” When you deposit money as a security to be released from jail pending trial it’s called “bail.”
minus-squareIron Lynx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoNon USA either. While I have seen and heard the word “Bail” more often, I don’t know what it is well enough to explain it for you :/
minus-squareAtropos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIt’s the money you pay to avoid jail while waiting for a court date. It ensures you show up in court, at which point you get your bail back. Helps to ensure we have a thriving rich person industry, and poor people are punished for being poor.
Not from the US - just curious about where this saying is coming from?
Hay gets tied up in large bunches to make it easier to move around and to store. The bunches are called “bales.” When you deposit money as a security to be released from jail pending trial it’s called “bail.”
Non USA either. While I have seen and heard the word “Bail” more often, I don’t know what it is well enough to explain it for you :/
It’s the money you pay to avoid jail while waiting for a court date. It ensures you show up in court, at which point you get your bail back.
Helps to ensure we have a thriving rich person industry, and poor people are punished for being poor.