cognizor
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cognizor (plural cognizors)
- (law) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- the cognizor acknowledges “ the right to be in the cognizee