on someone's own recognizance

: some person : somebody

: belonging to oneself or itself

used to express immediate or direct kinship

: to have or hold as property : possess

: to have power or mastery over

: to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed : admit

: one or ones belonging to oneself

: an obligation of record entered into before a court or magistrate requiring the performance of an act (such as appearance in court) usually under penalty of a money forfeiture

: the sum liable to forfeiture upon such an obligation

: token, pledge