Definition of "bind over" [bind over]

• Order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "So glaring was the partiality, that Mr. Justice Osborne felt it his duty to bind over the acquitted, but not absolved assassin, in large recognizances; thus for a time taking away his license to kill Catholics."