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recognizance /rɪˈkɒɡnɪzəns/ (or recognisance /rɪˈkɒ(g)nɪz(ə)ns/)
▶noun Law a bond by which a person undertakes before a court or magistrate to observe a particular condition, e.g. to appear when summoned.
– origin ME: from OFr. reconnissance, from reconnaistre ‘recognize’.
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