bind over
phrasal verbbind somebody over [usually passive]
- (North American English, law) to give somebody bail while they are waiting to go to trial
- He was bound over for trial.
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- (British English, law) to give somebody a formal warning that if they break the law again they will be punished
- She was bound over to keep the peace for a year.