Wiktionary
bind over
vb. (context legal English) To compel someone (term: to) do, or abstain from, a particular act.
WordNet
bind over
v. order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her; "The defendant was bound over for trial"
Usage examples of "bind over".
In those places, it exhaled a noisome stench that made even the hardened Cimmerian wish for something to bind over his mouth and nose.
Hoxey might not like it, and the Combined Chiefs might get their knickers in a bind over it, but it was done.
I am also aware that it is customary for a district attorney to put on only enough of a case to bind over the defendants, without giving to the defense any inkling of the case which he has built up.