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Definition of Cognovit judgment
1. Noun. A judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings.
Generic synonyms: Judgement, Judgment, Judicial Decision
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognovit Judgment
Literary usage of Cognovit judgment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Practice of Attornies in the Courts of Law at Westminster: With by John Frederick Archbold (1844)
"Having signed judg- ment, the plaintiff may immediately sue out execution, if he
be not prevented from doing so by the terms of thi cognovit. Judgment and ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the King's Bench Practice Court by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Bail Court, Alfred Septimus Dowling (1833)
"By the terms of the cognovit, judgment was to be entered on the llth of January,
if payment was not made on that day. The defendant, on that day, ..."
3. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1920)
"3 But where no opportunity to make a defense is given to the judgment debtor, as
where a cognovit judgment is taken, payment or giving a new security may be ..."
4. The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence (1834)
"A rule had been obtained, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the
cognovit, judgment, and execution thereon, should not be set aside with costs. ..."
5. The Ohio Nisi Prius Reports by Ohio Courts (1913)
"If it contemplated an inquiry into the merits in the case of a cognovit judgment,
it is difficult if not impossible to see why the same remedy should be ..."
6. The Upper Canada Law Journal and Local Courts Gazette by Canadian Bar Association (1855)
"The motion in each was to set aside a cognovit judgment, and all proceedings
thereon, with costs, on the grounds that the Cognovit was not executed before ..."