Cognomen

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In English law

A surname; a name added to the novien proper, or name of the individual; a name descriptive of the family. In tM Roman law. The last of the three names by which all Romans, at least those of good family, were designated, — indicating the hou.se ovfamilia to which he belonged, the first, or prcenomen, serving to denote the individual, and the second, or nomen, the clan or gens.