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RECOGNISANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does recognisance mean?
• RECOGNISANCE (noun)
The noun RECOGNISANCE has 1 sense:
1. (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
Familiarity information: RECOGNISANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
recognisance; recognizance
Hypernyms ("recognisance" is a kind of...):
security; surety (property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recognisance"):
bail; bail bond; bond ((criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial)
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