Recognize
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
To try; to examine In order to determine the truth of a matter.
3 Bl. Comm. Append. No. III. § 4; Bracton, 179.
To enter into a recognizance.