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cognisor

cognisor is the alternative form of cognizor.

Meaning of cognizor

Noun

cognizor (plural cognizors)

  1. One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.
    • the cognizor acknowledges “ the right to be in the cognizee1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Forms of cognisor

pluralcognisors

Questions about cognisor

What is cognisor the alternative form of?
Cognisor is the alternative form of cognizor.

Words near cognisor in the dictionary

  1. cogniser
  2. cognisers
  3. cognises
  4. cognising
  5. cognisings
  6. cognisor
  7. cognisors
  8. cognit
  9. cognitariat
  10. cognitariats
  11. cognite

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