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recognizance

re·cog·ni·zance

US/rɪˈkɑnʌzʌns/ rare

noun

1.

(law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited

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From Middle English reconisaunce, from Old French reconissance. Doublet of reconnaissance.

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