recognizance
🇺🇸
/rɪˈkɑːɡnɪzəns/
🇬🇧
/rɪˈkɒɡnɪzəns/
noun
R
A legal agreement where someone promises to show up in court on a certain day after being accused of a crime. They might also pay money to make sure they keep their promise.
The judge released the suspect on their own recognizance, trusting that they would return for the trial.
法官以嫌疑人自己的擔保釋放了他們，相信他們會回來接受審判。
translation
具結保釋
詞形變化
Plural
recognizances