Recognition

Adoption; ratification (g. V.) An acknowledgment that something which has been done by one man in the name of another was done by authority of the latter. A recognition by the principal of the agency of _ another in the particular instance, or in similar instances, is evidence of the authority of the agent, so that the recognition may be either express or implied. As an instance of an implied recognition may be mentioned the case of one who subscribes policies in the name of another, and, upon a loss happening, the latter pays the amount.

1 Campb. 43, note (a); 4 Campb. 88; 1 Esp. 61.

RECOGNITIONE ADNULLANDA PER vim et durltiam facta. A writ to the justices of the common bench for sending a record touching a recognizance, nvhich the recognizor suggests was acknowledged by force and duress; that if it so appear the recognizance may be annulled.

Reg. Orig. 183.