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noun
1.
Law.
a.
a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act.
b.
the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
2.
Archaic. recognition.
3.
Archaic. a token; badge.
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Recognizance
is always a great word to know.
So is purview. Does it mean:
| that which is provided or enacted in a statute, as distinguished from the preamble |
| a person participating directly in or having a derivative interest in a legal transaction |
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World English Dictionary
| recognizance or recognisance (rɪˈkɒɡnɪzəns) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | law |
| a. 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 | |
| b. a monetary sum pledged to the performance of such an act | |
| 2. | an obsolete word for recognition |
| [C14: from Old French reconoissance, from reconoistre to | |
| recognisance or recognisance | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Old French reconoissance, from reconoistre to | |
| re'cognizant or recognisance | |
| —adj | |
| re'cognisant or recognisance | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
recognizance
late 14c., reconyssaunce, from O.Fr. reconissance "acknowledgment, recognition" (Fr. reconnaissance), from prp. stem of reconoistre (see recognize).
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