Law Dictionary Definitions

recombinant DNA technology.Patents. The science of mutating organisms by splicing sections of one organism’s DNA onto that of another. — Abbr. rDNA. [Blacks Law 8th]

  recombinant (ri-kom-b<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>nt), adj. Patents. Of, relating to, or describing the introduction of DNA from one living organism into another. [Blacks Law 8th]

recollection,n.1. The action of recalling something to the mind, esp. through conscious effort. Something recalled to the mind. See PAST RECOLLECTION RECORDED ; PRESENT RECOLLECTION REFRESHED. — recollect,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

recognizor (ri-kog-n<<schwa>>-zor). A person who is obligated under a recognizance; one who is bound by a recognizance. — Also termed recognitor. “A recognizance is an acknowledgment upon record of a former debt, and he who so acknowledges such debt to be due is termed the recognizor, and he to whom or for whose benefit he…

recognizee (ri-kog-n<<schwa>>-zee). A person in whose favor a recognizance is made; one to whom someone is bound by a recognizance. [Blacks Law 8th]

recognized market.See MARKET. [Blacks Law 8th]

recognized loss.See LOSS. [Blacks Law 8th]

recognized gain.See GAIN(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

recognizance (ri-kog-n<<schwa>>-z<<schwa>>nts).1. A bond or obligation, made in court, by which a person promises to perform some act or observe some condition, such as to appear when called, to pay a debt, or to keep the peace; specif., an in-court acknowledgment of an obligation in a penal sum, conditioned on the performance or nonperformance of…

recognitor (ri-kog-n<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r), n.1.Hist. A member of a jury impaneled on an assize or inquest. See RECOGNITION(1), (2).2.Rare. RECOGNIZOR. [Blacks Law 8th]