If both the person posting bail and the defendant are in court, cash bail can be posted in the courthouse, and the defendant can be released before being transferred to jail.
reference point - an indicator that orients you generally; it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved. point of reference, reference. bench mark, benchmark - a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point. landmark - a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land.
point of reference â(plural points of reference) 1  A particular point in space which is used as an endpoint to measure a distance from or chart a map from. 2  A unique intellectual datum used to relate other ideas.