Cognisor

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cognisor \Cog`ni*sor"\ (? or ?), Cognisee \Cog`ni*see\, n.
     See {Cognizor}, {Cognizee}.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  COGNISOR, English law. One who passes or acknowledges,a fine of lands or 
  tenements to another, in distinction from the cognisee, to whom the fine of 
  the lands, &c. is acknowledged.