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Discern :: Discern (v. i.) To make cognizance.

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.

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..

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..

Crest :: Crest (n.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4..

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

Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.

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

Concurrent :: Concurrent (a.) Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts..

Cognizant :: Cognizant (a.) Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.

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

Appellate :: Appellate (a.) Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals..

Witness :: Witness (v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.

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

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

Feel :: Feel (v. t.) To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.

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..

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..

Before :: Before (prep.) Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.

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