conusee

English

Etymology

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Noun

conusee (plural conusees)

1. (law, archaic) Synonym of cognizee (“one to whom a fine of land was acknowledged”).
   • a. 1726, Lord Chief Baron Gilbert [i.e., Jeffrey Gilbert], The Law of Executions. […], London: […] W. Owen […], published 1763, page 45:

     But where the Lands of any Cofeoffee are omitted, there ſuch Perſon, whoſe Lands are extended, muſt bring his Audita Qeurela againſt the Conuſee, and ſuch Cofeoffee; […]

References

• “† conusee | conuzee, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.