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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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..
Conference :: Conference (n.) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters..
Connusance :: Connusance (n.) See Cognizance.
Feel :: Feel (v. t.) To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.
Competency :: Competency (n.) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court..
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.
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..
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..
Witness :: Witness (v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance 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.
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..
Incognizance :: Incognizance (n.) Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice..
Cognoscence :: Cognoscence (n.) Cognizance.
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..
Ken :: Ken (n.) Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge..
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Recollection; recognition.
Ken :: Ken (n. t.) To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.
Recognizee :: Recognizee (n.) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
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..
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