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.
Not all reference points have to be standing still. An example of. a reference point that is moving is when you look out the window of a. car and notice that you are moving faster than the car next to you. The. car next to you is moving, it is just moving slower than your car. You. use that other car as a reference point to determine that your car is. moving.