Cognitio
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Old English Law. The acknowledgment of a fine; the certificate of such acknowledgment. Cognizance or jurisdiction. Bracton, fol.
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In the Roman Law. The judicial examination or hearing of a cause. Plin. Epist. vii. 33. fied person, who has taken a fine and neglects to certify it in the court of common pleas, to do so. COGNITIONIS CAUSAE (Lat.) For the purpose of ascertaining. In Scotch practice. A name given to a judgment or decree pronounced by a court, ascertaining the amount of a debt against the estate of a deceased landed proprietor, on cause shown, or after due investigation. Bell, Diet.