- recognizance (n.)
[recognizance 词源字典]
- early 14c., reconisaunce, "a bond acknowledging some obligation binding one over to do some particular act," from Old French reconissance "acknowledgment, recognition" (12c., Modern French reconnaissance), from reconoiss-, present participle stem of reconoistre (see recognize). Related: Recognizant.[recognizance etymology, recognizance origin, 英语词源]