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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
estates, conveyances, practice, is an agreement or supposed agreement between the parties in levying a fine of lands, in which the detorenat (or he who keeps the other out of possession) acknowledges that the lands in question, are the right of the complainant; and from the acknowledgment or recog nition of right thus made, the party who levies the fine is called the cognizor, and the person to whom it is levied, the cognizce.
2 Bl. Com. 350; Cruise, Dig. tit. 35, c. 2, s. 33; Com. Dig. Fine (E 9.)