0 a promise made by someone in a court of law, especially a promise to return to the court at a later date. If they break their promise, they have to pay money to the court:
The acceptance of sureties in cases of this kind is a matter not for the police but for the justice who takes the recognizance.
The old system of taking recognizances from the accused is abolished.
The magistrates have power in such eases to bind over to enter into recognizances without any limit at all.
In other cases, consideration is being given to applying to the courts to estreat the recognizances.
Why cannot they be bound over in their recognizances without this probation officer?
Under the existing law a probation order is made upon the probationer's entering into a recognizance, and the recognizance may be with or without sureties.
In one case, the court decided to estreat the recognizances by way of surety in the token sum of £2, and this has been collected.
And would bind her over in her own recognizances to keep the peace for six months.
