Definitions of bind over
(UK LAW) (of a court) to make someone behave in a certain way, behave well, or accept certain conditions for a specific period of time, especially to avoid paying a penalty for an offence committed. If the person breaches these conditions then he or she can be brought back to court and be made to pay the original penalty.
He has been bound over to keep the peace for 12 months.
(US LAW) (of a court) to order a defendant to be held prison or kept in a police cell while a criminal case is being prepared against them; to send a defendant in a criminal case to a higher court to face trial
He has been bound over to Wyoming's Ninth District on charges related to an armed incident at a Lander motel in early March.