Associations to the word «Recognisance»

Wiktionary

RECOGNISANCE, noun. Alternative spelling of recognizance

Dictionary definition

RECOGNISANCE, noun. (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.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery