Sentence example with the word 'recognizance'

recognizance

agreement, contract, debenture, earnest, gage, implied contract, mortgage deed, pledge, replevy, title deed, vadium

Definition n. (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law

Last update: September 18, 2015


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The homestead of a householder (with a family) who occupies it may be held exempt from sale for the collection of debts other than those for purchase-money, taxes, or improvements, or for the satisfaction of a judgment upon a forfeited recognizance or bail-bond, but a homestead so exempted is limited to $3000 in value and to 160 acres of land.   [Please select]

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I called up the prosecuting attorney, who sent to Monahan's saloon, close by, and procured a release for the coachman on his own recognizance, one of many signed in blank and left there by the justice for privileged cases.   [Please select]

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