| 单词 | on one's own recognizance |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also in, upon) one's own recognizance P2. on (also in, upon) one's own recognizance: used with reference to the release from custody of a prisoner subject to a recognizance provided by him or her. ΚΠ 1689 R. Cox Hibernia Anglicana: Pt. 1 155 On his own Recognizance of 20000 l. and the Earls of Kildare and Clanrickard of 10000 l. apiece, that he should appear on Thirty days notice, he was enlarg'd. 1701 R. Crosfeild Corrupt Ministers 13 They detained him about six Weeks longer..and then discharg'd him upon his own Recognizance. 1817 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 657/2 He also stated, that he had offered Mr Wooler his discharge on his own recognizance. 1885 W. S. Gilbert Mikado i. 9 Taken from the county jail By a set of curious chances; Liberated then on bail, On my own recognizances. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 460 Take notice that by the law of torts you are bound over in your own recognisances for six months in the sum of five pounds. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 30 Mar. 106/2 Ol' Squinty McGee plays one of the few convicts to ever ‘allegedly’ release themselves from Alcatraz on their own recognizance. < as lemmas |
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