What (who) is bind over - definition
LEGAL POWER OF CRIMINAL COURTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Bind over for sentence; Bound over; Bind over; Bindover; Binding over order
bind over
If someone is bound over by a court or a judge, they are given an order and must do as the order says for a particular period of time. (LEGAL)
On many occasions demonstrators were bound over to keep the peace...
They put us in a cell, and the next day some bumbling judge bound us over...
This imposes a duty on courts to bind over parents when they have no control over their children.
PHRASAL VERB: be V-ed P to-inf, V n P, V P n (not pron), also V P n to-inf
bind over
v. (D; tr.) to bind over to (she was bound over to the grand jury)
Binding over
In the law of England and Wales and some other common law jurisdictions, binding over is an exercise of certain powers by the criminal courts used to deal with low-level public order issues. Both magistrates' court and Crown Court may issue binding-over orders in certain circumstances.
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Binding over
In the law of England and Wales and some other common law jurisdictions, binding over is an exercise of certain powers by the criminal courts used to deal with low-level public order issues. Both magistrates' courts and the Crown Court may issue binding-over orders in certain circumstances.
Examples of use of bind over
1. Paul Pugliese made no ruling, but he is expected to bind over Sgt.
2. Egyptian border guards took no action, suggesting that the Egyptian government finds itself in a bind over how to respond.
3. But negotiations are caught in bind over who makes the next concessions, and the U.S. experts‘ comments suggest that that bind remains serious.
4. Oct 24 2005 | Read How to home in on the inflationary rangeBy the late 1'80s, governments and central banks were in a bind over monetary policy.
5. It‘s also part of the explanation for why there is little enthusiasm in the West Bank for negotiations with Israel, and why Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is in a bind over how to proceed.