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percognitio

percognitio [CL per-+cognitio] , thorough enquiry, inquest, or ? f. l. 1176 si dominus feodi negat heredibus defuncti saisinam ejusdem defuncti quam exigunt, justitie domini regis faciant inde fieri ~onem [? l. recognitionem] per xij legales homines, qualem saisinam defunctus inde habuit die qua fuit vivus et mortuus: et sicut recognitum fuerit, ita heredibus ejus restituant (Assize Northampton) SelCh 180.

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