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COGNIZANCE (Lat. cognoscere, to know)
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V06,
Page 651
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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See also:COGNIZANCE (See also:Lat. cognoscere, to know) , knowledge, See also:notice, especially judicial notice, the right of trying or considering a See also:case judicially, the exercise of See also:jurisdiction by a See also:court of See also:law . In See also:heraldry a " See also:cognizance " is an See also:emblem, badge or See also:device, used as a distinguishing See also:mark by the See also:body of retainers of a royal or See also:noble See also:house . |
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