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Definition of Cognovit
1. n. An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
Definition of Cognovit
1. Noun. (legal) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cognovit
1. a written admission of liability [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognovit
Literary usage of Cognovit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Horace Binney Wallace (1849)
"A cognovit given by a defendant who is in custody in-execution on a judgment ...
The defendant gave a cognovit, whereby it was stipulated that no judgment ..."
2. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law (1838)
"An unstamped cognovit, containing matter of agreement of the value of 20i., ...
Judgment maybe entered up on a cognovit signed before service of process. ..."
3. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1903)
"The entry of judgment by cognovit actionem can exist only by statutory ...
Release and Waiver of Errors by cognovit. — A cognovit following a power ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1896)
"cognovit Treated as a Default—Michigan.—A cognovit filed by one of two makers
... A cognovit Given by a Minor, authorizing an attorney to appear for him and ..."
5. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench, and Common Pleas, in Personal by William Tidd, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1828)
"By a late rule of the court of King's Bench b, " no judgment can be Filing, with
signed upon any cognovit, without such cognovit being first produced to ..."
6. Archbold's Practice of the Court of Queen's Bench in Personal Actions and by Thomas Chitty, John Frederick Archbold (1847)
"A cognovit is supposed to be given by the defendant in and it impliedly authorizes
the plaintiff's attorney to do < thing necessary for proceeding with the ..."
7. The Practice of Country Attornies and Their Agents, in the Courts of Law at by John Frederick Archbold (1838)
"If hy the terms of the cognovit the costs are to he taled, it is hetter to have
them taxed hefore the judgment is signed. See Wilson v. ..."
8. Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California by California Supreme Court, Bancroft-Whitney Company, California, Supreme Court (1875)
"When the Court granted leave to answer, they virtually set aside the cognovit
for any and all purposes. If it cannot be used for entering judgment, ..."
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