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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by Faaak on Friday May 10, 2019 @06:56AM (#19876648)
Exactly. A "bail" is you compensating the landlord for a resource they lend you. You can do (almost) anything you want in your rented house.. at the only condition that you give it back as it was before (minus normal deterioration).

If there's an emergency, the fire services will kick the door.

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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by cr1895 on Friday May 10, 2019 @06:59AM (#19876663)
>A "bail" is you compensating the landlord for a resource they lend you.

Deposit? Haven't heard that name before.

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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by navaati on Friday May 10, 2019 @07:18AM (#19876737)
In French that word has a different meaning, it specifically means a rental contract and is pronounced like "bye", I'm not sure it has anything to do with "bail" in English.

So could be that parent is French.

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Re:Tenants win right to physical keys over smart locks from ... by gliop on Friday May 10, 2019 @07:47AM (#19876852)
Bail is a security deposit. In English bail is generally used to mean a deposit against a promise to appear in criminal court, but it's the same concept.
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