bind over

• Verbe à particule utilisé dans un contexte juridique, signifiant imposer à quelqu'un une obligation légale, généralement de comparaître devant un tribunal ou de respecter l'ordre public.

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.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif · phrasal, séparable

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.

   obliger à comparaître / à garder la paix

   • 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.

Verbe de basebind