Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old law, one in whose favor a fine of land was levied. Also spelled
cognisee .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) One to whom a fine of land was acknowledged.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law One to whom a
fine ofland wasacknowledged .
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Examples
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Where the cognizee of a statute extends lands in one county, which extent is afterwards returned and filed, yet aU the lands of the cognizor, though in other counties, shall be made liable upon an application in chancery.
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: hofe lands; and as the cognizee can have nothing lO render to the cognizor until he is in poflTeifion, it is a fine executed as to the firfl part and exe - cutory as to the fecond.
A Law Grammar; Or, An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of English Jurisprudence. 1791
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