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Definition :

Recognition, an acknowledgement.

Signifies an admission or an acknowledgement of something existing before. To recognise is to take cognizance of a fact. It implies an overt act on the part of the person taking such cognizance. 'Recognition' is, an acknowledgement by the government of the title of a grantee expressly or by some unequivocal act on its part. Acquiescence in the context of certain surrounding circumstances may amount to recognition, but it must be such as to lead to that inevitable conclusion. Mere inaction de hors such compelling circumstances cannot amount to recognition within the meaning of the section, T.V.V. Narasimhamam v. State of Orissa, AIR 1963 SC 1227 (1232). [Madras Estates Land Act (1 of 1908) s. 3(2)(d)]

Confirmation that an act done by another person was authorised, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1277.