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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A bond; an agreement reduced to writing, by which the party becomes bound to perform something, or suffer it to be done. A contract under seal. 7 Yerg. (Tenn.) 350.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

^ A bond; an agreement reduced to writing; by which the party becomes bound to perform something or suffer it to be done.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The technical name by which a l)ond is described in plcading. Denton v. Adams, 6 Vt. 40.