hold sb bound

Examples (10)

• The country will not be held bound by a treaty signed by the previous regime.
• The contract holds both parties bound to its terms for five years.
• A gentleman's promise should hold him bound more firmly than any written law.
• He felt the court's decision held him bound to pay the alimony.
• If we sign this agreement, it will hold us bound to secrecy forever.
• Does this verbal agreement hold us legally bound?
• The parent company stated it would not be held bound by the subsidiary's debts.
• Ancient oaths were believed to hold a person bound even after death.
• The court held the guarantor irrevocably bound to the loan agreement.
• Despite his personal misgivings, the judge held the defendant bound by the letter of the law.