RECOGNITION

Ratifl.cation; confirmation; an acknowledgment that something done by another per11on in one's name had one's authority. An inquiry conducted by a chosen body of men, not sitting as part of the court, into the facts in dispute in a case at law; these "recognltors" preceded the jurymen of mod• ern times, and reported their recognition ·or verdict to the court. Stirn. Law Gloi . RECOGNITIONE ADNULLANDA [s. 1003]