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- Cognizance - n. - Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.
- Cognizance - n. - Recollection; recognition.
- Cognizance - n. - Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies.
- Cognizance - n. - The hearing a matter judicially.
- Cognizance - n. - An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.
- 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.
- Cognizance - n. - The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.
- 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.
- Triable - a. - Liable to undergo a judicial examination; properly coming under the cognizance of a court; as, a cause may be triable before one court which is not triable in another.
- Witness - v. t. - To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
- Rota - n. - An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members.
- 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.
- 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.
- Eventuality - n. - Disposition to take cognizance of events.
- Conference - n. - A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
- Concurrent - a. - Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.
- Knight marshal - - An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.
- Hear - v. t. - To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
- Before - prep. - Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.
- Animadversion - n. - Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
- Feel - v. t. - To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.
- Privity - a. - Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence.
- Cognizant - a. - Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).
- 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.
- 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.
- Appellate - a. - Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.
- 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.
- Competency - n. - Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.
- Animadvert - v. i. - To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.
- Ken - n. t. - To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.
- 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.
- 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.