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.
Mathematics. 1  Either of the points at which an axis that passes through the center of a sphere intersects the surface of the sphere. The fixed point used as a reference in a system of polar coordinates. It corresponds to the origin in the Cartesian coordinate system.