1) Bail 2) Recognisance
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1) French word used in English 2) Legal terminology 3) Recognisance 4) Security 5) Surety
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In some common law nations, a recognizance is a conditional obligation undertaken by a person before a court. It is an obligation of record, entered into before a court or magistrate duly authorized, whereby the party bound acknowledges (recognizes) that they owe a personal debt to the state. A recognizance is subject to a `defeasance`; that is,.....
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• (n.) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize. • (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge. • (n.) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizanc...
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in Anglo-American law, obligation entered into before a judge or magistrate whereby a party (the recognizor) binds himself to owe a sum of money in ... [1 related articles]
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a legal document which required an individual to perform an obligation, or pay a large penalty if they failed to do so. Usually the obligation was to appear in court to answer or prosecute a case; sometimes it was to be 'of good behaviour' or 'keep the peace'. Recognizances were also commonly used to force fathers (and sometimes mothers) of bastar...
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Re·cog'ni·zance (re*kŏg'nĭ*z
a ns or re*kŏn'ĭ-)
noun [ French
reconnaissance , Old French
recognoissance , from
recognoissant , present participle of
recognoistre to recognize, French
reconnaître , from Latin
recognoscere ...
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An obligation of record entered into before a court or officer duly authorized for that purpose, with a condition to do some act required by law, which is therein specified. Recognizances relate either to criminal or civil matters. Recognizances in criminal cases, are either that the party shall appear before the proper court to answer to such ...
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See personal recognizance.
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n] - (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law
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recognizance 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. A formal agreement made by someone before a judge or magistrate to do something, e.g. to appear in court at a set date: 'He was released on his own recognizance.' 3. A security entered into before a cou...
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recognisance noun (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
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