recognizeen.

1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §41 G When the moietie of the Recognisours landes bee delyuered to the Recognisee.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 65 So in an auoydance of a statute merchant it is a good plea to saie that part of the land is purchased by the reconusee.

1634 Irish Act 10 Charles I Sess. 3. c. 7 The said recoverers, obligees and recognizees, have been..without remedy.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Recognisance A Bond of Record, testifying from the Recognisour to the Recognizee, a certain summe of money.

1714 G. Jacob Accomplish'd Conveyancer I. 204 Other Statutes Staple are Bonds of Record, testifying that the Recognizor doth owe to the Recognizee a Sum of Money.

1766 E. Bullingbrooke Duty & Authority Justices of Peace Ireland 151 If the person had nothing but ecclesiastical goods, the recognizee could not have a levari facias to the sheriff to levy the same of these goods.

1846 Pennsylvania Law Jrnl. 5 362 On a recognizance in chancery, if the recognizor die, and the recognizee take out an execution without a sci. fa. by means whereof the heirs or terre tenants are ousted they shall have an assize of novil disseisin.

1895 Harvard Law Rev. 9 54 In 1483, Chancellor Rotherham asked the advice of the judges as to the propriety of issuing an injunction against the recognizee in a statute-merchant which had been paid by the recognizor.

1918 Harvard Law Rev. 31 843 A recognizor in a statute merchant had paid the money but failed to take a release; the recognizee proceeded to sue out execution.

1981 Monash Univ. Law Rev. 8 70 Here there was no double jeopardy; breach of the bond did not lay the recognizee open to any further sanction..other than the forfeiture of his recognizance.