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Recognizance   /rɪkˈɑnəzəns/   Listen
Recognizance

noun
(Written also recognisance)
1.
(law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited.  Synonym: recognisance.





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"Recognizance" Quotes from Famous Books



... permitting you to go on your own recognizance," he said to the astonished prisoner, "but I shall expect you to hold yourself in readiness to appear here ...
— The Substitute Prisoner • Max Marcin


Words linked to "Recognizance" :   bail bond, security, jurisprudence, bond, law, recognisance, surety, bail


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