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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.) 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..

Recognizor :: Recognizor (n.) One who enters into a recognizance.

Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.

Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.

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..

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