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release on own recognizance

release on own recognizance definition - legal

n

A pretrial release of an arrested person without bail, on that personÂ’s promise to appear for trial when it is appropriate to do so. Abbreviated ROR.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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