Recognisor

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

  Recognizor \Re*cog`ni*zor"\ (r[-e]*k[o^]g`n[i^]*z[^o]r" or
     r[-e]*k[o^]n`[i^]*z[^o]r"), n. (Law)
     One who enters into a recognizance. [Written also
     {recognisor}.] --Blackstone.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  RECOGNISOR, contracts. He who enters into a recognizance.