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What does recognizances mean?

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Noun
  1. plural of recognizance
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Any court orders, recognizances or peace bonds and breaches of them.
Records show that he enrolled recognizances and contracts, and also issued writs commanding a sheriff to enforce them.
The most common form of release was an undertaking to appear except in Toronto where recognizances are typically used.
Second, it extends the recognizance to keep the peace and clarifies the terms of recognizances in order to prevent repeat offences.
It records that he has an extensive criminal record, including threats, numerous failures to comply with recognizances and probation orders and three failures to appear.
They relate to the ongoing prosecutions and any facts underlying the order of the Court imposing the recognizances.

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