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contracts. An obligation of record entered into before a court or officer duly authorized for that purpose, with a condition to do some act required by law, which is therein specified. 2 Bl. Com. 341; Bro. Ab. h. t.; Dick. Just. h. t.; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 90. 2. Recognizances relate either to criminal or civil matters. 1. Recognizances in criminal cases, are either that the party … [Read more...] about RECOGNIZANCE

To confirm, make note of or acknowledge. To try; to examine In order to determine the truth of a matter. Also to enter into a recognizance. … [Read more...] about RECOGNIZE

He to whom one is bound in a recognizance. … [Read more...] about RECOGNIZEE

He who enters into a recognizance. … [Read more...] about RECOGNIZOR

In French law. This is the process by which a witness, who has given his deposition, reads the same over and scrutinises It, with a view to affirming his satisfaction with it as it stands, or to making such changes in it as his better recollection may suggest t6 him as necessary to the truth. This ia necessary to the validity of the deposition. See Poth. Proc. Crim. … [Read more...] about RECOLEMENT