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BIND OVER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her
Example:
The defendant was bound over for trial
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "bind over" is one way to...):
confine; detain (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
