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recognizance


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recognizance  \Re*cog"ni*zance\,  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. 
 
  Note:  Among  lawyers  the  g  in  this  and  the  related  words 
  (except  recognize)  is  usually  silent. 
 
  2.  A  token;  a  symbol;  a  pledge;  a  badge. 
 
  That  recognizance  and  pledge  of  love  Which  I  first 
  gave  her  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Acknowledgment  of  a  person  or  thing  avowal;  profession; 
  recognition. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  recognizance 
  n  :  (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:  {recognisance}] 




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