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cognizor, -isor Old Law.|ˈkɒgnɪˌzɔː(r), ˈkɒnɪ-| Forms: 6–7 conisor, 7 -our, -zor, 6– cognisor, 8– -zor. [in 16th c. conisour, in form Anglo–French = continental F., conois(s)eor, agent-n. f. conois(s)- stem of conoistre to know: see connoisseur n.] The party who levies a fine of land.
1531–1594 [see cognizee]. 1598Kitchin Courts Leet (1675) 232 The Conisee shall have a Scire facias against the Heir of the Conisor. 1613Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 279 That which he hath of the gift of the Conisor. 1670Blount Law Dict., Conisor, alias Cognizor is used in the passing of Fines for him that acknowledges the Fine. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 84 If after the concord is acknowledged in Court, one of the cognizors dies, still the cognizee may proceed with this fine, against the surviving cognizor. |