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\ɹˈɛkəɡnˌɪzəns], \ɹˈɛkəɡnˌɪzəns], \ɹ_ˈɛ_k_ə_ɡ_n_ˌɪ_z_ə_n_s]\
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By Noah Webster.
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A legal agreement, entered into before, and recorded by, a magistrate or court, to do, or abstain from doing, some particular act.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A recognition: an avowal: a profession: a legal obligation entered into before a magistrate to do, or not do, some particular act.
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [French] Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal : recognition;- an obligation entered into before some court or magistrate duly authorized to do some particular act;-pledge;-badge : armorial distinction.
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costotransverse
- Relating to ribs and transverse processes of the vertebrae articulating with them. Lying between ribs and transverse process of the vertebrae.