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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 her
Familiarity information: BIND OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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