Anagrams of: BAILIE

• A bailiff.

• The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county, with functions like a sheriff's.

• A municipal officer in Scotland corresponding to an English alderman.

• (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• exonerate by means of an alibi

• (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something

• have the skills and qualifications to do things well

• having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity

• having a strong healthy body

• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

• the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)

• release after a security has been paid

• deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period

• secure the release of (someone) by providing security

• empty (a vessel) by bailing

• remove (water) from a vessel with a container

• a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats

• a large bundle bound for storage or transport

• a city in northwestern Switzerland

• make into a bale

• of bluish-black or grey-blue

• a workplace for the conduct of scientific research

• a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels

• Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil