bind over

bind over definition - legal

v

  1. To require a person to do something (usually to appear in court).
  2. To imprison or place a person into a law enforcement officerÂ’s physical custody for imprisonment to guarantee the personÂ’s attendance at a judicial proceeding (usually a criminal trial). Also called binding over and bound over.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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