Associations to the word «Recognizance»
Noun
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Wiktionary
RECOGNIZANCE, noun. (legal) a form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that he/she will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.
RECOGNIZANCE, noun. A token; a symbol; a pledge.
RECOGNIZANCE, noun. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition
Dictionary definition
RECOGNIZANCE, 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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.