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cognisance
(mass) | cognisance
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cognisance
(encz) | cognisance,vědomí Zdeněk Brož |
cognisance
(encz) | cognisance,vědomost n: Zdeněk Brož |
cognisance
(wn) | cognisance
n 1: having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes";
"his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their
intelligence and general knowingness was impressive" [syn:
awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance,
knowingness] [ant: incognizance] |
COGNISANCE
(bouvier) | COGNISANCE, practice. Sometimes signifies jurisdiction and judicial power,
an sometimes the hearing of a matter judicially. It is a term used in the
acknowledgment of a fine. See Vaughan's Rep. 207.
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COGNISANCE
(bouvier) | COGNISANCE, pleading. Where the defendant in an action of replevin (not
being entitled to the distress or goods which are the subject of the
replevin) acknowledges the taking of the distress, and insists that such
taking was legal, not because he himself had a right to distrain on his own
account, but because he made the distress by the command of another, who had
a right to distrain on the goods which are the subject of the suit. Lawes on
Pl. 35, 36; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3571.
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recognisance
(encz) | recognisance, n: |
recognisances
(encz) | recognisances, |
recognisance
(gcide) | Recognizance \Re*cog"ni*zance\ (r[-e]*k[o^]g"n[i^]*zans or
r[-e]*k[o^]n"[i^]-), n. [F. reconnaissance, OF.
recognoissance, fr. recognoissant, p. pr. of recognoistre to
recognize, F. reconna[^i]tre, fr. L. recognoscere; pref. re-
re- + cognoscere to know. See Cognizance, Know, and cf.
Recognize, Reconnoissance.] [Written also
recognisance.]
1. (Law)
(a) An obligation of record entered into before some court
of record or magistrate duly authorized, with
condition to do some particular act, as to appear at
the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or
pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being
witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's
seal.
(b) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize. --Cowell.
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Note: Among lawyers the g in this and the related words
(except recognize) is usually silent.
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2. A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.
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That recognizance and pledge of love
Which I first gave her. --Shak.
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3. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession;
recognition.
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recognisance
(wn) | recognisance
n 1: (law) a security entered into before a court with a
condition to perform some act required by law; on failure
to perform that act a sum is forfeited [syn:
recognizance, recognisance] |
COGNISANCE
(bouvier) | COGNISANCE, practice. Sometimes signifies jurisdiction and judicial power,
an sometimes the hearing of a matter judicially. It is a term used in the
acknowledgment of a fine. See Vaughan's Rep. 207.
COGNISANCE, pleading. Where the defendant in an action of replevin (not
being entitled to the distress or goods which are the subject of the
replevin) acknowledges the taking of the distress, and insists that such
taking was legal, not because he himself had a right to distrain on his own
account, but because he made the distress by the command of another, who had
a right to distrain on the goods which are the subject of the suit. Lawes on
Pl. 35, 36; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3571.
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COGNISANCE OF PLEAS
(bouvier) | COGNISANCE OF PLEAS, Eng. law. A privilege granted by the king to a city or
town, to hold pleas within the same; and when any one is impleaded in the
courts at Westminster, the owner of the franchise may demand cognisance of
the plea. T. de la Ley.
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