Recognizance in United States

Recognizance Definition

An obligation of record, entered into before a court or officer duly authorized for that purpose, with a condition to do some act required by law, which is therein specified. 2 Bl. Comm. 341; 53 111. 436; 68 111. App. 203. The liability of bail above in civil cases, and of the bail in all cases in criminal matters, must be evidenced by a recognizance, as the sheriff has no power to discharge upon a bail bond being given to him in these cases. See 4 Bl. Comm. 297.

Recognizance in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias

Link	Description
Recognizance	Recognizance in the World Legal Encyclopedia.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the European Legal Encyclopedia.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the UK Legal Encyclopedia.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia.

For starting research in the law of a foreign country:

Browse the American Encyclopedia of Law for Recognizance

Scan Recognizance in the appropriate area of law:

Link	Description
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.
Recognizance	Recognizance in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law.

Explore other Reference Works

Resource	Description
Recognizance in the Dictionaries	Recognizance in our legal dictionaries
http://lawi.us/recognizance	The URI of Recognizance (more about URIs)
Recognizance related entries	Find related entries of Recognizance

Legal Issue for Attorneys

An obligation of record, entered into before a court or officer duly authorized for that purpose, with a condition to do some act required by law, which is therein specified. 2 Bl. Comm. 341; 53 111. 436; 68 111. App. 203. The liability of bail above in civil cases, and of the bail in all cases in criminal matters, must be evidenced by a recognizance, as the sheriff has no power to discharge upon a bail bond being given to him in these cases. See 4 Bl. Comm. 297.

Access Points to the American Encyclopedia of Law

Access to the Encyclopedia is provided by alphabetical arrangement of entries, table of cases, table of laws, briefs and tables of contents.

Legal Thesaurus Dictionary

Because some legal concepts are too complicated to compress to a single word or term, the legal thesaurus dictionary allows the reader to search for groups of terms, including synonyms, antonyms, expanded legal meanings and other terms the reader is likely to use. The resource includes lists, synonym rings , subject categories, taxonomies and a number of schemes.

Legal Indexes

The Index is a collection of entries to allow users to locate information in the Lawi Projects. After write down relevant words and phrases that you need, begin looking up the words and phrases using the index until you have located an applicable subject to review.

Indexes of All Encyclopedias:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Z

Index	Description
General Index	Index of general information about the Encyclopedia
Classified index	Headings arranged on the basis of relations among concepts represented by headings, based on the Lawi Classification Scheme
Topical Index	A comprehensive and easy guide to the topics of the legal Encyclopedia
Citation Index	Index of links between citing and cited entries
Subject Index	Identify and describe the subjects of the Encyclopedia
Alphabetical Index	A-Z Index of all the Entries
Thematic Index	Correlation of terms in a meaningful hierarchical order
Permutation Index	A type of index in which significant words in the titles function as subject headings
Browse Index	Browse the Encyclopedia by Index
Sitemap Index	Sitemap Index, including Taxonomies

Notice

This definition of Recognizance Is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This definition needs to be proofread..

Meaning of Recognizance

In plain or simple terms, Recognizance means: An accused awaiting trial can be released without bail if he promises to appear before the court at the proper time.

Recognizance