amygdalotomy: psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)
psychosurgery: brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
recognizance: (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited