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Definition of: cognizance
(kog′nə·zəns, kon′ə-) noun
1. Apprehension or perception; knowledge; recognition; also, the range or sphere of what can be known by observation.
2. Law Knowledge on which a judge acts without requiring proof; judicial notice, as of statutes or public events.
3. Jurisdiction.
4. Law Acknowledgment of a fine of land and tenements; a confession. [<OF conoisance <conistre know <L cognoscere. See COGNITION.]
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