RECOGNISANCE
\ɹˈɛkəɡnˌɪsəns], \ɹˈɛkəɡnˌɪsəns], \ɹ_ˈɛ_k_ə_ɡ_n_ˌɪ_s_ə_n_s]\
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Avowal; profession; an obligation entered into before a court of record or before a magistrate, to do or abstain from doing some particular act.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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An acknowledgment of a person or thing; in law, an obligation of record which an individual enters into before a court of record, or before a magistrate duly authorised, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear before the court again, or to keep the peace; the verdict of a jury upon assize.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
