Definition of cognizance

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

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Cognizant :: Cognizant (a.) Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).
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.
Privity :: Privity (a.) Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence.
Object :: Object (v. t.) That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc..
Rota :: Rota (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members..
Cognoscence :: Cognoscence (n.) Cognizance.
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..
Witness :: Witness (v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
Before :: Before (prep.) Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.
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..
Ken :: Ken (n. t.) To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Recollection; recognition.
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge..
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another..
Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
Recognizor :: Recognizor (n.) One who enters into a recognizance.
Recognizee :: Recognizee (n.) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.
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