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Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 43.02

  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005

All recognizances, bail bonds, and undertakings of any kind, whereby a party becomes bound to pay money to the State, and all fines and forfeitures of a pecuniary character, shall be collected in the lawful money of the United States only.