Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, one of a jury impaneled on an assize: so called because they acknowledge a disseizin by their verdict. The recognitor was a witness rather than a juror in the modern sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) One of a jury impaneled on an assize.
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- noun law One of a
jury impaneled on anassize .
Etymologies
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Latin
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A bond of record teHir'ylng the. recognitor to owe unto, the re -
A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is ... 1768
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