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Estreat of a recognizance
Estreat Es*treat", n. [OF. estraite, prop., an extract, fr. p. p. of estraire to extract, F. extraire, fr. L. extrahere. See Extract.] (Law) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. --Cowell. Estreat of a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. --Burrill.

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- In some common law nations, a recognizance is a conditional pledge of money undertaken by a person before a court which, if the person defaults, the person...
- America" and wrote letters of protest to the president requesting a recognizance of allyship and a reinstatement of her sovereignty against the recent...
- have sufficient evidence to detain Bundy, so he was released on his own recognizance. Bundy later said that searchers missed a hidden collection of Polaroid...
- directed by the undertaking. A recognizance requires an accused to attend court as directed by the recognizance. The recognizance can be for any amount the...
- area came to be known as badrināth, the lord of the berry trees, in recognizance of Nara-Narayana’s penance. The temple to him is located on the banks...
- Smollett be released from jail, upon his posting of a $150,000 personal recognizance bond, pending the outcome of the appeal of his conviction. On March 1...
- be summoned to court without the need for bail, or may be released on recognizance (promising to appear in court, with no bail required) following arraignment...
- from an officer directing traffic. Scheffler was released on his own recognizance at 8:40 the same morning. The charges against Scheffler were dropped...
- as early as 1400. Under the laws of war, soldiers acting on their own recognizance without operating in chain of command are brigands, liable to be tried...
- court in leg irons and handcuffs, the judge released him on his own recognizance, pending trial. The incident was ultimately prosecuted in a U.S. federal...