bind over

• Verbo compuesto de uso jurídico que significa imponer a alguien una obligación legal, generalmente la de comparecer ante un tribunal o mantener el orden público.

A phrasal verb used in legal contexts meaning to impose a legal obligation on someone, typically to appear in court or to keep the peace.

incontable · verbo irregular · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Legal order to keep peaceformalbritishlegal

   To impose a legal obligation on someone to behave in a certain way, typically to keep the peace or appear in court.

   Obligación legal de mantener el orden

   • The magistrate bound him over to keep the peace for six months.
   • He was bound over to appear at the next court session.
   • The judge decided to bind over the defendant for a year.

Verbo basebind