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recognizor

recognizor noun: one who enters into a recognizance.

Noun

recognizor (plural recognizors)

  1. (historical) One who enters into a recognizance.
    • No crime attaches to the recognizors for suffering a forfeiture, any more than in failing to perform any other civil contract1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Forms of recognizor

pluralrecognizors
alternative formrecognisor

Questions about recognizor

What does recognizor mean?
Recognizor means one who enters into a recognizance.
What part of speech is recognizor?
Recognizor is a noun.
What is the plural of recognizor?
The plural of recognizor is recognizors.

Words near recognizor in the dictionary

  1. recognizin'
  2. recognizing
  3. recognizingly
  4. recognizition
  5. recognizitions
  6. recognizor
  7. recognizors
  8. recognosce
  9. recognosced
  10. recognosces
  11. recognoscing

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