BIND OVER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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