Definitions for RECOGNISANCE
recog·ni·sance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recognizance, recognisancenoun

   (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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Recognisancenoun

   Etymology: recognisance, Fr.

   1. Acknowledgement of person or thing.2. Badge.

   Apparent it is, that all men are either christians or not; if by external profession they be christians, then are they of the visible church of Christ; and christians by external profession they are all, whose mark of recognizance hath in it those things mentioned, yet although they be impious idolators and wicked hereticks. Richard Hooker, b. iii. s. 1.

   She did gratify his amorous works
   With that recognizance and pledge of love,
   Which I first gave her; an handkerchief. William Shakespeare.

   3.A bond of record testifying the recognisor to owe unto the recognisee a certain sum of money; and is acknowledged in some court of record: and those that are mere recognisances are not sealed but enrolled: It is also used for the verdict of the twelve men empannelled upon an assize. John Cowell

   The English should not marry with any Irish, unless bound by recognisance with sureties, to continue loyal. Davies.

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1. recognisance

   In some common law nations, a recognizance is a conditional pledge of money undertaken by a person before a court which, if the person defaults, the person or their sureties will forfeit that sum. It is an obligation of record, entered into before a court or magistrate duly authorized, whereby the party bound acknowledges (recognizes) that they owe a personal debt to the state. A recognizance is subject to a "defeasance"; that is, the obligation will be avoided if person bound does some particular act, such as appearing in court on a particular day, or keeping the peace. In criminal cases the concept is used both as a form of bail when a person has been charged but not tried and also when a person has been found guilty at trial as an incentive not to commit further misconduct. The concept of a recognizance exists in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and the United States. Recognizances were frequently used by courts of quarter sessions, for example they make up more than 70% of surviving records for the Bedfordshire Quarter Sessions records.

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1. recognisance

   Recognisance is a legal term referring to a form of security or bond agreement made by a party to a lawsuit, especially in cases of bail, to ensure their appearance in court when required. It also implies an obligation or an acknowledgement that something exists or is the case without documentary evidence.

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How to pronounce RECOGNISANCE?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of RECOGNISANCE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of RECOGNISANCE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=RECOGNISANCE
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=RECOGNISANCE
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognisance
4. ^ ChatGPT
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