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Bound Over Law & Legal Definition

Bound over is a term usually referring to the court's power to hold a person accused of a crime to conditions of bail. Definitions and procedures vary by jurisdiction. For example, one local definition defines bound over as "The transfer of a felony case from the associate division to the circuit court upon finding of probable cause that the defendant committed a felony or upon waiver of the preliminary hearing by the defendant."





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