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Cognizor

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In old conveyancing. The party levying a fine. 2 Bl. Comm. 350, 351.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One who levied a fine.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old conveyancing. The party levying a fine. 2 Bl. Comm. 350, 351.

Defined under Cognizance in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

conusor. The party levying a fine.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In old conveyancing. The party levying a fine. 2 Bl. Comm. 350, 351.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

conusor. see: the person to Cognoscere, I. To acknowledged the the justice of an attorney after the judgment for a sum ment to withdraw the nem relicta relicta.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Conusor. [L. Lat. cognitor.] In old conveyancing. The party levying a fine. 2 Bl. Com. 350, 351. The party defendant in the proceedings, who acknowledged the other party's right to the land in question.