单词 | to bind over |
释义 | > as lemmasto bind over b. To lay under obligation to answer or prosecute a charge (usually to bind over to appear, etc.), or gen. to perform a stated act or pursue a line of conduct. Frequently to bind over (used without following to and dependent phrase): to oblige (a person) to undertake to do, or abstain from, a particular act; spec. to make (someone) give a recognizance not to commit a breach of the peace, usually for a specified period. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)] obligea1325 conclude1393 astrainc1475 astringe1523 obstringe1528 obligate1533 bind1549 debt-bind1563 astrictc1600 tie1608 engage1642 to put (a person) on his or her honour1656 pin1710 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiii*v Yf any man..will be bound, & sureties with hym, to the parties. 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. C2v They were apprehended, & bound ouer to the Sessions at Westminster. 1610 W. Yonge Diary 28 May (1848) 21 Being asked by Mr. Drake wherefore he was bound over, he said for a private grudge borne him by the bishop. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xii. 299 He is not to be bound to the peace. 1692 J. P. New Guide Constables 115 Such Parents may be bound over..to answer their said Default. 1764 T. Cunningham New & Compl. Law-Dict. at Good behaviour This statute..seems to impower them, not only to bind over those, who seem to be notoriously troublesome,..but also those who are publickly scandalous. 1820 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (ed. 3) at Surety of the peace A Peer or Peeress cannot be bound over in any other place than the Courts of King's Bench or Chancery. 1820 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (ed. 3) at Surety of the peace A justice may bind over all night-walkers. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiii. 133 The Mayor..declared that he would..bind them over to keep the peace. 1917 Oxf. Jrnl. Illustr. 17 Jan. 8/3 The prisoner was bound over for twelve months. 1970 Oxf. Mail 6 Jan. 5 Judge Mais told him that in binding him over there was no possible slur cast upon him. < as lemmas |
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