| 单词 | to bind to the peace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bind (also †hold) to the peace b. to bind (also †hold) to the peace: to oblige (a person) to give a legal undertaking not to commit a breach of the peace. Also with over (cf. to bind over at bind v. 17b). Now chiefly Irish English. ΚΠ c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 336 Þus hase he wonun Kay on werre..And mekill of othir gere Is holden to þe pees. a1516 H. Medwall Godely Interlude Fulgens ii. sig. e.viv Kepe well your patience Lyke as I haue bound you both to the peace. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iv. i. sig. I2v I haue a warrant of the peace serued on me euen now... Beare witnesse I was bound to the peace. 1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 139 If the partie shall mislike to be..bound to the peace. 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune iii. i. 34 I'll have him bound to the peace instantly. 1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle ii. 25 I wou'd have you bind him over to the Peace, put him in the Crown Office, Swear an Assault against him. 1777 K. O'Hara April-day ii. 19 You owe to the police That bloodless, I resheath my sword; For I'm bound over to the peace. 1802 W. Gifford tr. Juvenal Satires (1817) iii. 134 I'm beaten first, then dragg'd in rage away; Bound to the peace, or punish'd for the fray! 1992 Irish Times (Nexis) 25 Nov. 4 [He] was given a six month suspended sentence and was bound to the peace for two years. 2003 Irish Independent (Nexis) 11 Oct. Judge Angela Ni Chonduin said she would bind him to the peace for one year if he pays €200 to the victim. < as lemmas |
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