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cognizor

cognizor noun: one who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.

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 cognizor

pluralcognizors

Questions about cognizor

What does cognizor mean?
Cognizor means one who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.
What part of speech is cognizor?
Cognizor is a noun.
What is the plural of cognizor?
The plural of cognizor is cognizors.

Words near cognizor in the dictionary

  1. cognizer
  2. cognizers
  3. cognizes
  4. cognizing
  5. cognizings
  6. cognizor
  7. cognizors
  8. cognomen
  9. cognomens
  10. cognometric
  11. cognometrics

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