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Definition of Cognizances
1. cognizance [n] - See also: cognizance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognizances
Literary usage of Cognizances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Rules of the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer of by William Tidd (1832)
"... or cognizances) in this cause, to wit: (Here state concisely the nature of the
... or statement of the pleas intend- cognizances. ed to be pleaded, ..."
2. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1855)
"These may be classified as follows : 1, avow- ries and cognizances; 2, pleas to
the property; 3, pleas in justification; 4, pleas in excuse and discharge. ..."
3. Chitty's Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening (1844)
"... AND cognizances IN REPLEVIN.a 1. IN GENERAL. IN GENERAL, In the Queen's
Bench [or " CP" or " Exchequer."] Non cepit. ..."
4. Precedents in Pleading: With Copious Notes on Pleading, Practice and Evidence by Joseph Chitty, Henry Pearson (1847)
"... PLEAS A]\7D cognizances IN REPLEVIN. OBI. The New Rule* on Pleading contain
no provisions ... cognizances ..."
5. Curialia Miscellanea: Or, Anecdotes of Old Times; Regal, Noble, Gentilitial by Samuel Pegge (1818)
"... viz. by Two Angels, cognizances.—A White Hart couchant, gorged with a Gold
Chain and Coronet, under a Tree; derived from the Princess Joan his Mother. ..."
6. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by Patrick Brady Leigh (1838)
"... and cognizances, founded on one and the same principal matter, but varied in
statement, description, or circumstance, (and pleas in bar and in replevin, ..."
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