An obllgation of record, entered into before some court of record, or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act; as to appear at the assizes, or crlminal court, to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the llke. It resembles a bond, but differs from it in being an acknowledgment of a former debt npon record. 2 Rl. Comm. 341. See U. S. v. Insley (C. C.) 49 Fed. 778; State v. walker, 56 N
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
