Vocabulary : Recognizance to Recoil
Recognizance : An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal. ;; The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize. ;; A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge. ;; Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.Recognization : Recognition.
Recognize : To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of. ;; To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul. ;; To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like. ;; To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial. ;; To review; to reexamine. ;; To reconnoiter. ;; To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.
Recognized : of Recognize
Recognizee : The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.
