Meanings
nounrecognizee (plural recognizees)
plural recognizees · alternative recognisee
- lawThe person in whose favour a recognizance is made.
the plaintiff,C.D., &c. is called the recognizee
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC - Someone who is recognized
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