Cognitor
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Old English Law. One who acknowledges. In Roman Law. An advocate or defender in a private cause; one who defended the cause of a person who was present. Brissonius; Calv. Lex.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I In old English law. One who acknowledges; a cognizor, or conusor, v. Cognizor, In the Roman law. An advocate or defender in a private cause; one who defended'the cause of a person present.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Inthe Romanlaw. An advocate or defender in a private cause; one who defended the cause of a person who was present. Calvin, Lex, Jurid.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In the Roman law. An advocate or defender in a private cause. Adam's Rom, Ant. 280.