Concord
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
An agreement or supposed agreement between the parties in levying a fine of lands in which the deforciant (or he who keeps the other out of possession) acknowledges that the lands in question are the right of complainant; and from the admission of right thus made, the party who levies the fine is called the cognizor, and the person to whom it is levied, the cognizee.
2 Bla. Com. 350; Cruise, Dig. tit 35, c. 2, § 33; Com. Dig. Fine (E, 9).