RECOGNIZOR
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 makes such acknowledgment is termed the recognizee.” John Indermaur, Principles of the
Common Law 8 (Edmund H. Bennett ed., 1st Am. ed. 1878). [Blacks Law 8th]