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Definition of Cognisance

1. Noun. Having knowledge of. "Their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

Definition of Cognisance

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of cognizance) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognisance

Literary usage of Cognisance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on Pleading and on the Parties to Actions and the Forms by Joseph Chitty (1809)
"And for a cognisance cognisance in this behalf, the said С D by leave of the ... [cognisance as bailiff' of the other tenant in common for an undivided ..."

2. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1817)
"The avow- ry or cognisance, which is in thc nature of a declaration, ought to contain ... or person making cognisance, may have judgment for a return (19). ..."

3. A treatise on the law of actions relating to real property by Henry Roscoe (1825)
"(/) Where the defendant ° seeks a return ot the goods, he must avow, or make cognisance. / . statutes. The person who avows or makes cognisance being ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1869)
"... and cognisance first above made was alleged; concluding to the country. Thirdly, that he, the plaintiff, did not hold or enjoy the said dwelling- house ..."

5. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1885)
"Ecclesiastical cognisance remained of the same width as in the ancient canons: witchcraft, matrimony, divorce, testaments, perjury: matters that might ..."

6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"The cognisance of marriages and testaments was blended with religion, and usurped by the clergy ; but the civil and criminal causes of the nobles, ..."

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