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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..

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) The hearing a matter judicially.

Conference :: Conference (n.) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters..

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..

Rota :: Rota (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members..

Jurisdiction :: "Jurisdiction (a.) The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission..

Competency :: Competency (n.) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court..

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).

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Recollection; recognition.

Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.

Recognizee :: Recognizee (n.) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.

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.

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

Recognizor :: Recognizor (n.) One who enters into a recognizance.

Ken :: Ken (n.) Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge..

Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..

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..

Animadvert :: Animadvert (v. i.) To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.

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