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Verb: bind over  bInd ow-vu(r)
  1. (law) order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her
    "The defendant was bound over for trial"

Derived forms: bound over, binding over, binds over

Type of: confine, detain

Encyclopedia: Bind over