recognitor

noun

re·​cog·​ni·​tor

-nətə(r)

plural -s

: one of a jury impaneled on an assize to hold a recognition in England in the period following the Norman Conquest

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin, from Latin recognitus (past participle of recognoscere to know again, examine, investigate) + -or

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