Cancellation and Forfeiture

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1. Can bondsmen obtain cancellation based on death by merely announcing an unproved rumor to themselves?
2. Bondsmen seek mitigation of bond liability while the accused remains unsurrendered and has not been acquitted. Does fin…
3. After a bond judgment, the accused is surrendered. Does satisfaction of Section 21’s threshold necessarily wipe out all…
4. The prosecution dismisses a case by a valid court order after a prior bond breach. May the surety treat automatic cance…
5. The surety asserts that surrender is sufficient for mandatory complete mitigation, while the court treats it only as pe…
6. Explain the role of surrender in a request to mitigate an accrued bond liability.
7. Bondsmen learn that the accused died and seek to cancel bail. State the procedural and liability distinctions.
8. Distinguish joint and several bond liability, cancellation and criminal punishment of a surety.