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Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation. Within the cognizance and lying under the control of their divine Governor. Bp. Hurd

Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice. This incognizance may be explained. Sir W. Hamilton.

act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal.

Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] "Divine animadversions." Wesley.

To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. [Archaic] Grew.

Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. "Appellate jurisdiction." Blackstone. "Appellate judges." Burke. Appelate court, a court having cognizance of appeals.

A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.

A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.

Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of. If a suit be begun before an archdeacon. Ayliffe.

ormerly held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England as judges, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. Blackstone.

have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance. -- Circuit or Circuity of action (Law), a longer course of proceedin…

Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

Cognizance. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. Kent.

Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.

A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.

See Cognizance. [Obs.]

as corresponding to, and being the ground of, the ideas of which only the mind has direct cognizance. The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.

separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.

ourt of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.