cognizee
(UK, historical, legal) One to whom a fine of lands was acknowledged.
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(UK, historical, legal) One to whom a fine of lands was acknowledged.
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(legal, Scotland) To examine; to give judgment.
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(transitive) To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent.
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(UK, legal, obsolete) A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; the king's silver.
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(legal, Scotland, transitive) To examine (e.g. witnesses or evidence) beforehand.
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(Scotland, historical) A person, especially a kindly tenant, having land tenure by rental right.