Lexic.us

Definition of Recognisance

1. Noun. (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.

Definition of Recognisance

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of recognizance) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Recognisance

Literary usage of Recognisance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Company Precedents, for Use in Relation to Companies Subject to the by Francis Beaufort Palmer (1881)
"... the recognisance entered into by the said B. together with W. & D. as ... consisting of a recognisance, &c. which said last-mentioned recognisance has ..."

2. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"Every obligation, and recognisance, taken by justices of the Tha form of ie. peace, must be made to our lord the king : on pain of imprisonment of any ..."

3. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts, Great Britain (1854)
"Court of General or Quarter Sessions may, upon Proof of Conviction and Notice to Parties, declare a recognisance to keep the Peace or to be of good ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords by John Fraser Macqueen (1842)
"The Appellant's own recognisance cannot be objected to, 145. ... Where several Appellants, the recognisance of one sufficient, unless Cause shown for others ..."

5. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1907)
"1903, I must require a recognisance to be entered into npin that case and ... I had also great doubt (1) whether the previous recognisance could be ..."

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