bind over

bind

B0256400 (bīnd)v. bound (bound), bind·ing, binds v.tr.1. a. To tie or secure, as with a rope or cord.b. To hold or restrain by tying with rope or bonds: bound the prisoner.2. a. To fasten or wrap by encircling, as with a belt or ribbon: a dress bound with a sash.b. To bandage: bound up their wounds.3. a. To compel, constrain, or unite: bound by a deep sense of duty; bound by a common interest in sports.b. To make certain or irrevocable: bind the deal with a down payment.c. Law To place under legal obligation.d. To apprentice or indenture: was bound out as a servant.4. Chemistry To combine with, form a chemical bond with, or be taken up by, as an enzyme with its substrate.5. a. To cause to cohere or stick together in a mass: Bind the dry ingredients with milk and eggs.b. To constipate.6. To enclose and fasten (the pages of a book or other printed material) between covers.7. To furnish with an edge or border for protection, reinforcement, or ornamentation.v.intr.1. To tie up or fasten something.2. To stick or become stuck: applied a lubricant to keep the moving parts from binding.3. To be uncomfortably tight or restricting, as clothes.4. To become compact or solid; cohere.5. To be compelling, constraining, or unifying: moved to her home town because of the ties that bind.6. Chemistry To combine chemically or form a chemical bond.n.1. a. The act of binding.b. The state of being bound.c. Something that binds.d. A place where something binds: a bind halfway up the seam of the skirt.2. Informal A difficult, restrictive, or unresolvable situation: found themselves in a bind when their car broke down.3. Music A tie, slur, or brace.Phrasal Verbs: bind off To cast off in knitting. bind over Law To hold under legal obligation, as to bind over a party accused of crime to appear before a grand jury or in a particular court.

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[Middle English binden, from Old English bindan; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.]

bind over

vb (Law) (tr, adverb) to place (a person) under a legal obligation, such as one to keep the peace

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Verb

1.bind over - order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her; "The defendant was bound over for trial"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement