Cognoscere

I. In old practice, to acknowledge. Cognovit, cognovit actionem: he has acknowledged, be has acknowledged the action; a written confession of the justice of an action, made after the declaration, signed by the defendant or his attorney, authorizing the plaintifiT to enter judgment Cognovit actionem relicta veriflcatione: he has acknowledged the action, the plea being abandoned; such a confession where after plea it contains an agreement to with-, draw the plea. In the civil law. To hear a cause.