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.
countable noun. 1  The focal point of something is the thing that people concentrate on or pay most attention to. 2  the point on the axis of a lens or mirror to which parallel rays of light converge or from which they appear to diverge after refraction or reflection. 3  a central point of attention or interest.