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recognizance

Recognizance is a 12 letter word which starts with the letter R and ends with the letter E for which we found 4 definitions.

Definition
(n.) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized with condition to do some particular act as to appear at the same or some other court to keep the peace or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond being witnessed by the record only and not by the party's seal.
(n.) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.
(n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.
(n.) Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
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