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recognisance
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun recognisance has 1 sense
- recognisance(n = noun.possession) recognizance - (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited; Array is a kind of security, surety
has particulars: bail, bail bond, bond
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