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cognizance
[ kog-nuh-zuhns, kon-uh- ]
noun
- awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception:
The guests took cognizance of the snide remark.
- Law.
- judicial notice as taken by a court in dealing with a cause.
- the right of taking jurisdiction, as possessed by a court.
- acknowledgment; admission, as a plea admitting the fact alleged in the declaration.
- the range or scope of knowledge, observation, etc.:
Such understanding is beyond his cognizance.
- Heraldry. a device by which a person or a person's servants or property can be recognized; badge.
cognizance
/ ˈkɒɡnɪzəns; ˈkɒnɪ- /
noun
- knowledge; acknowledgment
- take cognizance ofto take notice of; acknowledge, esp officially
- the range or scope of knowledge or perception
- law
- the right of a court to hear and determine a cause or matter
- knowledge of certain facts upon which the court must act without requiring proof
- confession
- heraldry a distinguishing badge or bearing
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Other Words From
- non·cogni·zance noun
- self-cogni·zance noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cognizance1
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Example Sentences
He did not seem to take cognizance of the fact that we had a two weeks' board-bill to pay before we should get that far.
All that we know is that they existed from the remotest period of which we have cognizance, long before the pyramids were built.
Hesitatingly she came forward, and Houston's dulled mentality at last took cognizance that a hand was extended slightly.
Wherefore he prays judgment whether this court can or will take further cognizance of the action aforesaid.
But there are wrongs which are not punishable by the law, being too small and undefinable for its cognizance.
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