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