Word
Cognizance
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
cog-ni-zance
Definition
- 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.
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