cognitorn.
Roman Law.
An attorney or procurator.
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cognitor1880
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 312 We may sue either in our own name or through an agent, such as a cognitor, procurator, tutor, or curator... A cognitor is made our substitute in a cause by certain formal words spoken in presence of the adversary.
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n.1880- to hold a etc in contempt of court
- to hold a etc tack
- to hold a etc tack to tack
- to hold a finger against
- to hold a finger against a person
- to hold a finger against a thing
- to hold a finger in the wind
- to hold a finger to
- to hold a finger to a person
- to hold a finger to a thing
- to hold a finger to the wind
- to hold a good wind
- to hold a organization in contempt of court
- to hold a person at stave's end
- to hold a person at the long saw
- to hold a person company
- to hold a person in contempt
- to hold a person in contempt of court
- to hold a person in etc reverence
- to hold a person in fable
- to hold a person in great reverence
- to hold a person in hand
- to hold a person in reverence
- to hold a person in the palm of one's hand
- to hold a person responsible