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bind over

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

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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