Derek Moran
The Dictionary of Canadian Law 3rd-edition, RECOGNIZANCE: n. 1. a person's own promise to appear. 2. "The recognizance contemplated by s.22[of the Coroner's Act, R.S.S. 1978, c. C-38] is in the nature of a performance BOND; an acknowledgment from the person from whom it is taken that he is indebted to the Crown in the amount fixed therein, provided always, that if he fulfills the condition of the undertaking and appears as required the debt ceases..." McMillan v. Bassett(19830 [1984] 3. "...a BOND of record testifying the recognizor to owe a certain sum of money to some other..." R. v. Sandhu (1984)