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 

• RECOGNISANCE (noun)

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)