1. Hist. A document recording the nature of the bail granted to a defendant in a civil action; specif., a surety issued to attest the act of offering bail
2. More modernly, a warrant issued to a surety upon which the surety may arrest the person bailed by him. • The bailpiece was filed with the court and usu. signed by the defendant’s sureties. See BAIL(2); RECOGNIZANCE. — Sometimes written bailpiece.
