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Undertaking
A written promise offered as security for the performance of a particular act required in a legal action.
In a criminal case, an undertaking of bail is security for the appearance of the defendant. In the event the defendant fails to appear, the amount posted as bail is forfeited.
An undertaking with adequate security is a bond. The term is used in a general sense to refer to any type of promise or stipulation.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
undertaking
in the law of the EUROPEAN UNION, one of the subjects of the law. It covers companies, partnerships and sole traders and is particularly the focus of the COMPETITION POLICY.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
UNDERTAKING, contracts. An engagement by one of the parties to a contract to the other, and not the mutual engagement of the parties to each other; a promise. 5 East, R. 17; 2 Leon. 224, 5; 4 B, & A. 595.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.