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recognizance

recognizance anglo french recognisance reconisance literally recognition from old french reconoisance

the quality or condition of being recognizable

court to keep the peace or pay a debt a recognizance differs from a bond being witnessed by the record only

office rules of 1906 especially rule 113 by which no recognizance shall be forfeited estreated or put upon the estreat roll

express leave of the court and upon his entering into recognizances but to prevent abuses by the wanton and improvident application

officer fitz n b 57 also 2 to forfeit see recognizance a copy or duplicate of some original writing or record

public place etc to order him to enter into a recognizance with or without sureties to be of good behaviour

attend and prosecute and give evidence without entering into fresh recognizances

specif a contract that is a contract under seal a recognizance a letter of credit or a negotiable instrument called also

by arrest or imprisonment or by release on bail personal recognizance probation or parole compare arrest constructive custody custody of a

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