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peace_bond

peace bond

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Noun

peace bond (plural peace bonds)

  1. (law) A court order forbidding one party to bother another.
    • 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, chapter 23,
      "... We're scared for you, and we think you oughta do something about him."
      Atticus smiled wryly. "Do what? Put him under a peace bond?"

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