Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Cognizance

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev Entry
Cognizably
Next Entry
Cognizant
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

(1):

(n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another.

(2):

(n.) Recollection; recognition.

(3):

(n.) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies.

(4):

(n.) The hearing a matter judicially.

(5):

(n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.

(6):

(n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

(7):

(n.) The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cognizance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cognizance.html. 1828.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile