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recognizance

[ ri-kog-nuh-zuhns, -kon-uh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Law.
1. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act.
2. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
Archaic. recognition.
Archaic. a token; badge.

recognizance

/ rɪˈkɒɡnɪzəns /

law
1. a bond entered into before a court or magistrate by which a person binds himself to do a specified act, as to appear in court on a stated day, keep the peace, or pay a debt
2. a monetary sum pledged to the performance of such an act
an obsolete word for recognition

1350–1400; Middle English reconissaunce, recognisance < Old French reconuissance. See recognize, -ance

C14: from Old French reconoissance , from reconoistre to recognize

He was released within the hour without a bond on his own recognizance.

Williams was released on his own recognizance over the weekend and is expected back before a judge on Feb. 9, 2015.

Addison spent four nights in jail, she told me on FaceTime during a period when she was out on her own recognizance.

Luchkiw was released on her own recognizance, as would have normally been the case in such a bust.

She was released on her recognizance and is now back on the streets.

He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.

"A writ of recognizance," the fat man said, handing his paper to the captain.

Amos Jolliff discharged from his recognizance to attend as a witness.

While here we one afternoon received orders to prepare for a recognizance.

Never was there a bondsman offered more unfamiliar with the forms and ceremonies necessary to the record of the recognizance.

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