Definition of recognizance

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Recognizance (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 recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal..

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Bailpiece :: Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond..
Recognizee :: Recognizee (n.) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
Estreat :: Estreat (v. t.) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance..
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.
Recognizor :: Recognizor (n.) One who enters into a recognizance.
Recognizance :: Recognizance (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 recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal..
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.
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