Cognitor
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
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.