release on recognizance

Most of the men were arrested yesterday, and released on recognizance bonds.

Strickland was booked at a precinct and released on recognizance.

Release on recognizance and effective bail review also can help hold down jail population without endangering the community.

Its job is to interview defendants early on, identifying those who could be safely released on recognizance.

He made a pleading case for release on recognizance based on Jenks's stature in the community.

Release on recognizance is sometimes abbreviated as RoR, or, particularly in the United States, OR.

At first, judges, most notably Peter Oxenbridge Thatcher of Boston, used "release on recognizance" or bail and simply refrained from taking any further action.

Recognizance - when an accused is released on recognizance, he or she promises to the court to attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.