Bind Over Definition

verb
To require a person to do something (usually to appear in court).
Webster's New World Law
To imprison or place a person into a law enforcement officer’s physical custody for imprisonment to guarantee the person’s attendance at a judicial proceeding (usually a criminal trial). Also called binding over and bound over.
Webster's New World Law

(law) To compel someone to do, or abstain from, a particular act.

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