Definition of bond

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Bond (v. t.) To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.

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Bondslave :: Bondslave (n.) A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.
Potpourri :: Potpourri (n.) A literary production composed of parts brought together without order or bond of connection.
Irredeemable :: Irredeemable (a.) Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder..
Bonded :: Bonded (imp. & p. p.) of Bon.
Drazel :: Drazel (n.) A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as Drossel.
Discovert :: Discovert (a.) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry..
Security :: Security (n.) An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities..
Liaison :: Liaison (n.) A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman..
Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
Alligation :: Alligation (n.) The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached..
Non Est Factum :: Non est factum () The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.
Bondage :: Bondage (a.) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
Bond :: Bond (n.) A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condi
Surety :: Surety (n.) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail..
Deface :: Deface (v. t.) To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record..
Vagabond :: Vagabond (a.) Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.
Servitude :: Servitude (n.) The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence..
Abram-man :: Abram-man (n.) One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms..
Backbond :: Backbond (n.) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust..
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