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recognizance
noun(re-cog-ni-zance)
an obligation of record entered into before a court or magistrate requiring the performance of an act (such as appearance in court) usually under penalty of a money forfeiture
recognizance
noun(re-cog-ni-zance)
the sum liable to forfeiture upon such an obligation
recognizance
noun(re-cog-ni-zance)
token, pledge
recognizance
idiom(re-cog-ni-zance)
on the basis of a promise to do what the court instructs

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