recognitor

[Low Lat., from Lat. recog nit us, pa. par. of recognosco =to recognize (q.v.).] Law: One of a jury impaneled on an a ize, so called because they acknowledge a di eizin by their verdict. "If, upon the general i ue, the recognitors find an actual seisin in the demandant, and his subsequent dis seisin by the present tenant, he shall have judgment to recover his seisin, and damages for the injury sustained."- Black stone : Comment ., bk. iii., ch. 10. re-cog-ni-tor-ý, a . [Lat. recognitus , pa. par. of recognosco to recognize (q.v.).] Pertaining to or connected with recognition. 3376 respects like any other bond, the form of it being, 'that AB doth acknowledge to owe to our lady the queen, to the plaintiff, to CD, or the like, the sum of ten pounds,' with condition to be void on performance of the thing stipulated."- Black stone : Comment ., bk. ii., ch. 17. 2. The verdict of a jury impaneled upon a ize. trě-cog-ni-zati on, subst . [Eng. recogniz(e); -ation.] The act of recognizing; recognition. rěc-og-nīze, rěc-og-nişe (or g silent), v . t. & i. [From the subst. recognizance (q. v.); O. Fr. recog noistre; Fr. reconnaitre , from Lat. recognosco to know again; re -again, and cognosco to know; Sp.reconoscer, reconocer; Port. reconhecer; Italian riconoscere.] A. Transitive : 1. To know again; to recover or recall the knowledge of; to perceive the identity of with a person or thing known before. "Much was he troubled for the man Hath recognized his pallid face."