Recognisee

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

  Recognizee \Re*cog`ni*zee"\ (r[-e]*k[o^]g`n[i^]*z[=e]" or
     r[-e]*k[o^]n`[i^]*z[=e]"), n. (Law)
     The person in whose favor a recognizance is made. [Written
     also {recognisee}.] --Blackstone.
     [1913 Webster]