bind over

bind over
verb
order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her
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The defendant was bound over for trial

• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Hypernyms: ↑confine, ↑detain
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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transitive verb
: to put under bonds to do something (as to appear at court)

he was bound over to the grand jury

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bind over
To subject to legal constraint (esp not to disturb the peace)
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Main Entry: ↑bind

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ˌbind ˈover [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they bind over he/she/it binds over present participle binding over past tense bound over past participle bound over] legal phrasal verb
if a court binds someone over, it orders them to do something and usually makes them pay money that they lose if they do not obey

They were bound over to keep the peace.

Thesaurus: punishments outside of prisonhyponym
Main entry: bind

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bind over [phrasal verb]
bind (someone) over
1 US, law : to require (someone) to appear in court

He was bound over for trial.

2 Brit, law : to warn (someone) that if they break the law again they will be punished

The shoplifters were simply bound over.

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Main Entry: ↑bind

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  • bind over — v. (D; tr.) to bind over to (she was bound over to the grand jury) * * * [ baɪnd əʊvə] (D; tr.) to bind over to (she was bound over to the grand jury) …   Combinatory dictionary

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  • bind over — transitive verb Date: 1610 to put under a bond to do something (as appear in court) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bind over — court order to imprison the accused until the time of his trial (Law) …   English contemporary dictionary

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