Definition of cognizance

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Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

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Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Recollection; recognition.
Conference :: Conference (n.) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters..
Ken :: Ken (n.) Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge..
Discern :: Discern (v. i.) To make cognizance.
Connusance :: Connusance (n.) See Cognizance.
Cognoscence :: Cognoscence (n.) Cognizance.
Earl Marshal :: Earl marshal () An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms..
Cognizant :: Cognizant (a.) Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).
Recognizee :: Recognizee (n.) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal..
Triable :: Triable (a.) Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming under the cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be triable before one court which is not triable in another..
Competency :: Competency (n.) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court..
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.
Perception :: Perception (n.) The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition..
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known..
Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
Ken :: Ken (n. t.) To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.
Witness :: Witness (v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
Privity :: Privity (a.) Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence.
Crown Office :: Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases..
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