cognovit
Law. an acknowledgment or confession by a defendant that the plaintiff's cause, or part of it, is just, wherefore the defendant, to save expense, permits judgment to be entered without trial.
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How to use cognovit in a sentence
Quomodo miseretur pater filiorum, misertus est Dominus timentibus se: Quoniam ipse cognovit figmentum nostrum.
The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal | Blaise PascalHis great charge was that they had got a cognovit, or undertaking to pay their costs out of Mrs. Bardell—their own client!
Bardell v. Pickwick | Percy FitzgeraldThe matter, as we know, was compromised with Dodson and Fogg, so there was no need to scrutinize the cognovit.
Bardell v. Pickwick | Percy FitzgeraldNow to the superficial this seemed to be evaded by the art of the firm in “getting the cognovit out of her.”
Bardell v. Pickwick | Percy FitzgeraldDodson and Fogg,” replied the man; “execution on cognovit for costs.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles Dickens
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