For the purposes of this Article, unless the context otherwise plainly requires:
(a) "Citation" means a written order, issued by a law enforcement officer who is authorized to make an arrest, requiring a person accused of violating the law to appear in a designated court or governmental office at a specified date and time.(b) "Summons" means an order issued by a judicial officer or, pursuant to the authorization of a judicial officer, by the clerk of a court, requiring a person against whom a criminal charge has been filed to appear in a designated court at a specified date and time.(c) "Order to appear" means an order issued by a judicial officer at or after the defendant's first appearance releasing him from custody or continuing him at large pending disposition of his case but requiring him to appear in court or in some other place at all appropriate times.(d) "Release on own recognizance" means the release of a defendant without bail upon his promise to appear at all appropriate times, sometimes referred to as "personal recognizance."(e) "Release on bail" means the release of a defendant upon the execution of a bond, with or without sureties, which may be secured by the pledge of money or property.(f) "First appearance" means the first proceeding at which a defendant appears before a judicial officer.