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Meaning Of Cognizance
n.
Apprehension by the understanding; perception;
observation.
n.
Recollection; recognition.
n.
Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and
decide controversies.
n.
The hearing a matter judicially.
n.
An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or
confession of a thing done.
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.
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.