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peace bond

peace bond noun: a court order forbidding one party to bother another.

Noun

peace bond (plural peace bonds)

  1. (Canada, US) A court order forbidding one party to bother another.
    • "... 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?"1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 23, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
    • “She's awready^([sic]) about to get us put under a peace bond. She's all the time spying in that alley behind her shutters.”1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 7, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN, page 151

Forms of peace bond

pluralpeace bonds

Questions about peace bond

What does peace bond mean?
Peace bond means a court order forbidding one party to bother another.
What part of speech is peace bond?
Peace bond is a noun.
What is the plural of peace bond?
The plural of peace bond is peace bonds.

Words near peace bond in the dictionary

  1. peace be upon her
  2. peace be upon him
  3. peace be with you
  4. peace belt
  5. peace belts
  6. peace bond
  7. peace bonds
  8. peace camp
  9. peace camps
  10. Peace Capital
  11. Peace Corps

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