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bind over

VERB
  1. 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

How To Use bind over In A Sentence

  • They bind over to tell the truth.
  • This imposes a duty on courts to bind over parents when they have no control over their children.
  • But Samantha Leigh, prosecuting, said trouble started in 1998 when Henson received a bind over from magistrates for a common assault on Mrs Williams.
  • This imposes a duty on courts to bind over parents when they have no control over their children.
  • This imposes a duty on courts to bind over parents when they have no control over their children.
  • They bind over to tell the truth.
  • It can be inferred from the decision which he made to seek a bind over at that time that he had concluded, at that point at least, that there was still a risk of a continued breach of the peace.
  • Others in the room were dismayed that no one defended them or pointed out that Clinton had gotten himself into a bind over Haiti by promising too much during the campaign.
  • They bind over to tell the truth.
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