Recognisance vs Recognizance - What's the difference?
recognisance | recognizance |
(legal) a form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that he/she will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.
:The defendant was released on his own recognizance .
A token; a symbol; a pledge.
*1603 , , by William Shakespeare
acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition
As nouns the difference between recognisance and recognizance
is that recognisance is an alternative spelling of recognizance while recognizance is a form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that he/she will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.recognizance
English
(wikipedia recognizance)Noun
(en noun)- That recognizance and pledge of love / Which I first gave her.