cognovit

American  

[kog-noh-vit] / kɒgˈnoʊ vɪt /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of cognovit

1755–65; < Latin: 3rd person singular perfect of cognōscere to recognize; see cognizance

Example Sentences

His great charge was that they had got a cognovit, or undertaking to pay their costs out of Mrs. Bardell—their own client! 

From Bardell v. Pickwick by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

‘It seems they got a cognovit out of her for the amount of ’em, directly after the trial.’

From Bardell v. Pickwick by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

"Nimirum, quia non cognovit, qux esset habendi Finis, et omnino quoad crescat vera voluptas."

From The Essays of Montaigne — Complete by Montaigne, Michel de

He goes on to state, however, that those who would be wiser than the Apostles write this verse as follows: "Nemo cognovit Patrem nisi Filius; nee Filium nisi Pater, et cui voluerit Filius revelare."

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

Otho postquam vario sermone callidos et audaces cognovit pretio et promissis onerat . . .

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig