Definition of cognizance

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Cognizance (n.) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies..

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Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
Feel :: Feel (v. t.) To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.
Cognizant :: Cognizant (a.) Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).
Estreat :: Estreat (v. t.) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance..
Witness :: Witness (v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
Rota :: Rota (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members..
Conference :: Conference (n.) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters..
Feel :: Feel (v. t.) To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs..
Perceive :: Perceive (v. t.) To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand.
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..
Recognizee :: Recognizee (n.) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.
Eventuality :: Eventuality (n.) Disposition to take cognizance of events.
Concurrent :: Concurrent (a.) Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts..
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..
Perceive :: Perceive (v. t.) To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord..
Device :: Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance..
Cognoscence :: Cognoscence (n.) Cognizance.
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies..
Ken :: Ken (n.) Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge..
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.
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