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recognizance
(mass) | recognizance
- kaucia, sľub |
recognizance
(encz) | recognizance,kauce n: Zdeněk Brož |
recognizance
(encz) | recognizance,slib n: Zdeněk Brož |
Recognizance
(gcide) | Recognizance \Re*cog"ni*zance\ (r[-e]*k[o^]g"n[i^]*zans or
r[-e]*k[o^]n"[i^]-), n. [F. reconnaissance, OF.
recognoissance, fr. recognoissant, p. pr. of recognoistre to
recognize, F. reconna[^i]tre, fr. L. recognoscere; pref. re-
re- + cognoscere to know. See Cognizance, Know, and cf.
Recognize, Reconnoissance.] [Written also
recognisance.]
1. (Law)
(a) 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.
(b) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize. --Cowell.
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Note: Among lawyers the g in this and the related words
(except recognize) is usually silent.
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2. A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.
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That recognizance and pledge of love
Which I first gave her. --Shak.
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3. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession;
recognition.
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recognizance
(wn) | recognizance
n 1: (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 [syn:
recognizance, recognisance] |
RECOGNIZANCE
(bouvier) | RECOGNIZANCE, contracts. 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. 2 Bl. Com. 341; Bro. Ab. h.t.;
Dick. Just. h.t.; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 90.
2. Recognizances relate either to criminal or civil matters. 1.
Recognizances in criminal cases, are either that the party shall appear
before the proper court to answer to such charges as are or shall be made
against him, that he shall keep the peace or be of good behaviour. Witnesses
are also required to be bound in a recognizance to testify.
3.-2. In civil cases, recognizances are entered into by bail,
conditioned that they will pay the debt, interest and costs recovered by the
plaintiff under certain contingencies. There are also cases where
recognizances are entered into under the authority and requirements of
statutes.
4. As to the form. The party need not sign it; the court, judge or
magistrate having authority to take the same, makes a short memorandum on
the record, which is sufficient. 2 Binn. R. 481; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 90; 2
Wash. C. C. R. 422; 9 Mass. 520; 1 Dana, 523; 1 Tyler, 291; 4 Vern. 488; 1
Stew. & Port. 465; 7 Vern. 529; 2 A. R. Marsh. 131; 5 S. & R. 147; Vide
generally, Com. Dig. Forcible Entry, D 27; Id. Obligation, K; Whart. Dig.
h.t. Vin. Ab. h.t.; Rolle's Ab. h.t.; 2 Wash. C. C. Rep. 422; Id. 29; 2
Yeates, R. 437; 1 Binn. R. 98, note 1 Serg. & Rawle, 328 3 Yeates, R. 93;
Burn. Just. h.t. Vin. Ab. h.t.; 2 Sell. Pract. 45.
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recognizance
(mass) | recognizance
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recognizance
(encz) | recognizance,kauce n: Zdeněk Brožrecognizance,slib n: Zdeněk Brož |
Estreat of a recognizance
(gcide) | Estreat \Es*treat"\, n. [OF. estraite, prop., an extract, fr. p.
p. of estraire to extract, F. extraire, fr. L.extrahere. See
Extract.] (Law)
A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or
record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the
rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.
--Cowell.
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Estreat of a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a
forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the
court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court,
or it may be in the same court. --Burrill.
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recognizance
(wn) | recognizance
n 1: (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 [syn:
recognizance, recognisance] |
RECOGNIZANCE
(bouvier) | RECOGNIZANCE, contracts. 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. 2 Bl. Com. 341; Bro. Ab. h.t.;
Dick. Just. h.t.; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 90.
2. Recognizances relate either to criminal or civil matters. 1.
Recognizances in criminal cases, are either that the party shall appear
before the proper court to answer to such charges as are or shall be made
against him, that he shall keep the peace or be of good behaviour. Witnesses
are also required to be bound in a recognizance to testify.
3.-2. In civil cases, recognizances are entered into by bail,
conditioned that they will pay the debt, interest and costs recovered by the
plaintiff under certain contingencies. There are also cases where
recognizances are entered into under the authority and requirements of
statutes.
4. As to the form. The party need not sign it; the court, judge or
magistrate having authority to take the same, makes a short memorandum on
the record, which is sufficient. 2 Binn. R. 481; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 90; 2
Wash. C. C. R. 422; 9 Mass. 520; 1 Dana, 523; 1 Tyler, 291; 4 Vern. 488; 1
Stew. & Port. 465; 7 Vern. 529; 2 A. R. Marsh. 131; 5 S. & R. 147; Vide
generally, Com. Dig. Forcible Entry, D 27; Id. Obligation, K; Whart. Dig.
h.t. Vin. Ab. h.t.; Rolle's Ab. h.t.; 2 Wash. C. C. Rep. 422; Id. 29; 2
Yeates, R. 437; 1 Binn. R. 98, note 1 Serg. & Rawle, 328 3 Yeates, R. 93;
Burn. Just. h.t. Vin. Ab. h.t.; 2 Sell. Pract. 45.
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