Usually means: Promise to appear in court.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. recognizance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. recognizance: Merriam-Webster
  3. recognizance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. recognizance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. recognizance: Collins English Dictionary
  6. recognizance: Vocabulary.com
  7. Recognizance, recognizance: Wordnik
  8. recognizance: Wiktionary
  9. recognizance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. recognizance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. recognizance: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. recognizance: Dictionary.com
  13. recognizance: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Recognizance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Recognizance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. recognizance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. recognizance: Rhymezone
  18. Recognizance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. recognizance: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. recognizance: FreeDictionary.org
  21. recognizance: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. recognizance: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. recognizance: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. recognizance: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. recognizance: Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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  1. recognizance: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (recognizance)

noun:  (law) A form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that they will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.
noun:  A token; a symbol; a pledge.
noun:  Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.

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