give bond

Example Sentences

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It’s started to give bond markets a bit of impetus.”

From BusinessWeek • May 7, 2011

The law required the appellant to give bond to prosecute.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)

Shylock then agrees to lend the three thousand ducats if Antonio will give bond and penalty to pay the money back with interest in three months.

From Shakspere, Personal Recollections by Joyce, John A.

Blackstone says it is a corruption of bound bailiff, from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour.

From The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew King of the Beggars; containing his Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and many Entertaining Particulars of that Extraordinary Man by Unknown

Several persons were called as witnesses, and when evidence was produced that the child might have been born alive, the serving maid's master was required to give bond for her appearance at a higher court.

From Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Jester, Annie Lash