cognizable
Americanadjective
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capable of being perceived or known.
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being within the jurisdiction of a court.
adjective
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perceptible
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law susceptible to the jurisdiction of a court
Usage
What does cognizable mean? Cognizable means capable of being perceived or known. A close synonym is perceptible. The related adjective cognizant means aware of something or having knowledge of it. Such awareness can be called cognizance. In a legal context, cognizable is used in a more specific way meaning within the jurisdiction of a court. Example: At what point did you become cognizant of the fact that you were not receiving everything that you were promised?
Other Word Forms
- cognizably adverb
- noncognizable adjective
- noncognizably adverb
- precognizable adjective
- uncognizable adjective
Etymology
Origin of cognizable
First recorded in 1670–80; cogniz(ance) + -able
Example Sentences
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That case was dismissed in 2019 for a "failure to allege a cognizable legal theory"; the latest lawsuits' "natural" claims represent a different tactic.
From Salon • May 21, 2024
“Without common interests and a shared history and socioeconomic experience, it is not a community that can give rise to a cognizable right protected by” the state constitution, the court wrote.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023
“To weigh benefits and burdens, it is axiomatic that both must be judicially cognizable and comparable,” the justice wrote.
From Slate • May 11, 2023
“Police officers have a particular, cognizable privacy and liberty interest in not being publicly identified or having their personnel files or disciplinary records made publicly available,” the FOP’s amended complaint says.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022
Two terms which are indistinguishable are practically identical; and two terms which are not identical vary by a difference which is cognizable by itself apart from either term.
From The Philosophy of Evolution Together With a Preliminary Essay on The Metaphysical Basis of Science by Carpenter, Stephen H. (Stephen Haskins)
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