Peace Bond – a bond that a court requires as security to be posted by a person who has breached or threatened to commit a breach the peace

peace bond:
(1846)

1. A bond required by a court from a person who has breached or threatened to breach the peace. — aka bond to keep the peace.
     See BREACH OF THE PEACE. [1]

1. A bond that a court requires be posted by a person who has threatened to commit a breach of the peace. [2]

bond to keep the peace:

1. A bond or undertaking required by a  magistrate to be given by a person who has threatened to commit a breach of the peace.  A bond or undertaking given as security against the commission of a breach of peace by the obligor.  12 Am J2d Breach P etc. §§ 41-51. [3]

References:

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6

[2]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition
by Jack Ballantine 
(James Arthur 1871-1949).  Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.  ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.

[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary with Pronunciations
Third Edition
 by James A. Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949).  Edited by William S. Anderson.  © 1969 by THE LAWYER’S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.  Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931

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