See Also: skewed(1)(dictionary)
skewed(2)(dictionary)
skewed(dictionary)
Skewed distribution(money)
Skewed distribution(finance)

recognizance (iou) and skewed(1) (iou)


recognizance (iou)



recognizance noun. Also recognisance. ME.
[Old French reconnissance, reconissance (mod. reconnaissance), formed as RE- + COGNIZANCE.]
Law. A bond undertaken before a court or magistrate to perform some act or observe some condition, esp. to pay a Debt, or appear when summoned; a sum pledged as surety for this. ME.
a. Recognition or acknowledgement of the existence or validity of a person or thing; recognition or appreciation of a service, achievement, etc. Now rare. LME.
b. Recognition or identification of a person or thing as previously known or perceived. Now rare. L15.
a. = COGNIZANCE 3. LME-E18.
b. Law (now Hist.). = RECOGNITION 2. E17.
A token, an emblem. Cf. COGNIZANCE 1. arch. L15.

skewed(1) (iou)



skewed adjective1.LME-L18.
[Perh. from Old French escu (mod. ecu) shield from Latin scutum (cf. Latin scutulatus as the colour of a horse. Cf. SKEWBALD, SKEW noun1.]
Skewbald.