Supreme Court of North Carolina September 17, 1913 (State v. White)

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AlleN, J.

A recognizance is a debt of record acknowledged before a court of competent jurisdiction, witb condition to do some particular act.

S. v. Smith,

66 N. C., 620.

It need not be executed by tbe parties, but is simply acknowledged by them, and a minute of the acknowledgment is entered by the court.

S. v. Edney,

60 N. C., 471.