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Bind over   /baɪnd ˈoʊvər/   Listen
Bind over

verb
1.
Order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her.





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... necessary to adopt some more effectual measures of police than those which already existed. For this purpose justices of the peace were first instituted throughout the country with power to take security for the peace and bind over parties who threatened offence.[1] Fifty years later, in the reign of Richard II, it was found necessary to provide further measures for repressing forcible entries on lands. The course of justice was interrupted and all these provisions were rendered in a great degree ...
— Popular Law-making • Frederic Jesup Stimson


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