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Bind over

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  1. 1
    To compel someone to do, or abstain from, a particular act. transitive

    "In Middlesex, instead of being tried by jury, hundreds of suspected adulterers were instead bound over by magistrates – in other words, forced to end their alleged relationships, find respectable citizens to post bail for their good behviour, and appear in court to answer for their future conduct."

  2. 2
    order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her wordnet

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