the person to whom one entering into a recognizance is bound
recognizee in American English
(rɪˌkɑgnɪˈzi; rɪˌkɑnɪˈzi)
noun
Law
a person in whose favor a recognizance is entered
recognizee in American English
(rɪˌkɑɡnəˈzi, -ˌkɑnə-)
noun
Law
the person to whom an obligation is owed in a recognizance
Word origin
[1585–95; recognize + -ee]This word is first recorded in the period 1585–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: corridor, naturalize, parallax, switch, titular-ee is a suffix forming from transitive verbs nouns which denote a person who is theobject or beneficiary of the act specified by the verb (addressee; employee; grantee); more recent formations also mark the performer of an act, with the base being anintransitive verb (escapee; returnee; standee) or, less frequently, a transitive verb (attendee) or another part of speech (absentee; refugee)