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BIND OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bind over mean? 

BIND OVER (verb)
  The verb BIND OVER has 1 sense:

1. order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or herplay

  Familiarity information: BIND OVER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BIND OVER (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The defendant was bound over for trial

Hypernyms (to "bind over" is one way to...):

confine; detain (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


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