To hold a person for trial on bond (bail) or in jail If the judicial official conducting a hearing finds probable cause to believe the accused committed a crime, the official will bind over the accused, normally by setting bail for the accused's appearance at trial (This is a state court procedure )
If someone is bound over by a court or a judge, they are given an order and must do as the order says for a particular period of time. On many occasions demonstrators were bound over to keep the peace They put us in a cell, and the next day some bumbling judge bound us over This imposes a duty on courts to bind over parents when they have no control over their children
To hold for trial or for further inquiry Bind over usually refers to the action in which an accused is held for trial following a preliminary hearing in a criminal case See also, cross-references 1 and 2
[ 'bInd ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English bindan; akin to Old High German bintan to bind, Greek peisma cable, Sanskrit badhnAti he binds.