English-Thai Dictionary
recognizance
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RECOGNIZANCE
n.recon'izance. 1. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; as the recognizance of christians, by which they avow their belief in their religion.
2. In law, an obligation of record which a man enters into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the assizes, to keep the peace or pay a debt. This recognizance differs from a bond, as it does not create a new debt, but it is the acknowledgment of a former debt or record. This is witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal. There is also a recognizance in the nature of a statute staple, acknowledged before either of the chief justices or their substitutes, the mayor of the staple at Westminster and the recorder of London, which is to be enrolled and certified into chancery.
3. The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RECOGNIZANCE
Re *cog "ni *zance, n. Etym: [F. reconnaissance, OF. recognoissance, fr. recognoissant, p. pr. of recognoistre to recognize, F. reconnaître, fr. L. recognoscere; pref. re- re- + cognoscere to know. See Cognizance, Know, and cf. Recognize, Reconnoissance.] [Written also recognisance. ]
1. (Law ) (a ) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal. (b ) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize. Cowell.
Note: Among lawyers the g in this and the related words (except recognize ) is usually silent.
2. A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge. That recognizance and pledge of love Which I first gave her. Shak.
3. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
New American Oxford Dictionary
recognizance
re cog ni zance |riˈkägnəzəns, -ˈkänəzəns rəˈkɑɡnəzəns | ▶noun Law a bond by which a person undertakes before a court or magistrate to observe some condition, esp. to appear when summoned: he was released on his own recognizance . ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French reconnissance, from reconnaistre ‘recognize. ’
Oxford Dictionary
recognizance
recognizance |rɪˈkɒ (g )nɪz (ə )ns |(also recognisance ) ▶noun Law a bond by which a person undertakes before a court or magistrate to observe some condition, especially to appear when summoned. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French reconnissance, from reconnaistre ‘recognize ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
recognizance
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The Wordsmith Dictionary