recognizance
Bail appearance promise
Recognizance is a legal bond by which a person pledges to appear in court or fulfill some other obligation, without posting money upfront: released on his own recognizance.
The person promises to pay a specified sum if they fail to comply.
The term appears almost exclusively in legal contexts, particularly bail proceedings.
Commitment to act
- oathFormal binding promise
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- undertakingTask one commits to
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
assurance · guarantee · covenant · acknowledgment · affirmation · declaration · sworn statement · word
To let go
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- pretrial releaseFreedom before court proceedings
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
- unsecuredNot backed by collateral
personal bond · supervision · restriction · curfew · travel restriction · electronic monitoring · check-in
Court-set release payment
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- defendantParty facing charges
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
pretrial · release · conditions · summons · compliance · jurisdiction · supervision · monitoring
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- chargeCost or accusation
condition · requirement · accountability · binding · enforceable · forfeiture · penalty · breach
promise
Commitment to act
- oathFormal binding promise
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- undertakingTask one commits to
commitment · assurance · guarantee · covenant · acknowledgment · affirmation · declaration · sworn statement · word · avowal
release
To let go
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- pretrial releaseFreedom before court proceedings
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
unsecured · personal bond · supervision · restriction · curfew · travel restriction · electronic monitoring · check-in
bail
Court-set release payment
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- defendantParty facing charges
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
hearing · pretrial · release · conditions · summons · compliance · jurisdiction · supervision · monitoring · appearance
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
charge · condition · requirement · accountability · binding · enforceable · forfeiture · penalty · breach · compliance
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- criminal courtcriminal court, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- guaranteesguarantee, warranty, guaranty, pledge, oath
- pretrialarraignment, bail hearing, bond hearing, booking, first appearance
- legal documentscontract, affidavit, deed, will, subpoena
- prison recordsinmate number, booking number, parole records, case files, booking form
recognizanceincarceration
Confinement in jail
detention · pretrial detention · imprisonment · custody · remand
recognizancedenial
Refusal to accept reality
refusal · disavowal · repudiation · disagreement · breach
- own recognizanceRelease requiring only sworn promise
recognize, recognition, recognized, incognito, recognizable, cognition, unrecognized, cognizant, recognizably