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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



... given by a prosecutor and witnesses for their appearance at court, is sometimes called a recognizance. They bind themselves, with sureties, to forfeit and pay a certain sum of money in case of their non-appearance. A similar bond or recognizance is given in case of bail. The person accused binds himself, with sureties, in such sum as the justice requires, which is to be paid if he shall not appear for trial. The word bail is from a French word meaning ...
— The Government Class Book • Andrew W. Young

... must go to prison. Excessive bail must not be required; and, on the other hand, the magistrate, if he take insufficient bail, is liable to be fined, if the criminal do not appear to take his trial. When the securities are found, the bail enter into a recognizance, together with the accused, by which they acknowledge themselves bound to the Queen in the required sums, if the accused does not appear to take his trial, at the appointed time and place. This recognizance must be subscribed by the magistrates, and delivered with the examinations to the officer ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV. • Various



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



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