BIND, BINDING - Contracts. These
words are applied to the contract entered into between
a master and an apprentice the latter is said to be
bound.
In order to make a good binding the consent of the
apprentice must be had together with that of his father,
next friend, or some one standing in loco parentis.
Whether a father has, by the common law, a right to
bind out his child during his minority without his
consent seems not to be settled.
The words to bind or binding are also used to signify
that a thing is subject to an obligation, engagement
or liability; as the judgment binds such an estate.
BIND, BIND OVER - Crim. Law. The
act by which a magistrate or a court hold to bail
a party accused of a crime or misdemeanor.
A person accused may be bound over to appear at a
court having jurisdiction of the offence charged to
answer; or he may be bound over to be of good behaviour
or to keep the peace.
On refusing to enter into the requisite recognizance,
the accused may be committed to prison.
