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COGNIZANCE (Lat. cognoscere, to know)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 651 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COGNIZANCE (See also:Lat. cognoscere, to know) , knowledge, See also:notice, especially judicial notice, the right of trying or considering a See also:case judicially, the exercise of See also:jurisdiction by a See also:court of See also:law. In See also:heraldry a " cognizance " is an See also:emblem, badge or See also:device, used as a distinguishing See also:mark by the See also:body of retainers of a royal or See also:noble See also:house.

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