cognizancen.

/ˈkɒɡnɪzəns/

/ˈkɒnɪzəns/

/kɒɡˈnʌɪzəns/

Forms: α. Middle English conisaunce, conysaunce, Middle English–1600s (legal) conisance, conisans, (Middle English konichauns, Middle English conyschance, conoissaunce), 1500s (legal) conizaunce. β. (legal) 1500s–1700s con(n)usance, 1600s conusans. γ. Middle English–1500s cognisaunce, ( cognoyssaunce, cognoyssance), 1500s cognysaunce, cognizaunce, cognyzaunce, cognisens, cognizens, cognissance, 1500s– cognisance, cognizance.

Etymology: Middle English, < Old French conis(s)ance , conus(s)ance , variant of conois(s)ance , < conoiss-ant present participle of conoistre to know + -ance suffix, answering to a Latin type *cognōscentia (of common Romanic standing: compare Italian conoscenza, Provençal conoissenza, Catalan conexensa, Old Spanish conocencia). From the 13th cent., and especially after the Renaissance, the spelling was in French often partially latinized as cognoissance, but the g was never pronounced (Palsgrave, 1530) and was entirely dropped after 1600. In English the g appeared in 15th cent., and has here gradually affected the pronunciation, though, in legal use, the older /ˈkɒnɪzəns/ is still usual. (The spelling with s is etymological, but that with z, which accords with the pronunciation, has long prevailed.) Latin cognōscĕre gave regularly (through cognocs're, co(g)nois're), Old French conoistre, also written conuistre. In the present participle conois(s)ant, conuisant ( < cognōscent-em), and in analogous forms, pre-tonic oi was liable to be weakened to e, and i, giving cones(s)ant, conis(s)ant, and ui to u giving conusant, whence the Anglo French and Middle English forms so spelt. In modern French connoissant has long been pronounced connessant, and is now written connaissant. The past participle connu, Old French coneü, represents a Latin type cognōvūtum < cognōvi.

I. Knowledge, etc.

†1.

a. Knowledge, understanding; also acquaintance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [noun]

i-witnessc888

knowledging?c1225

wittinga1300

beknowing1340

sciencec1350

bekenningc1380

knowinga1398

knowledgea1398

meaninga1398

cunningshipa1400

feela1400

understanda1400

cognizancec1400

kenningc1400

witc1400

recognizancec1436

cognition1447

recognitionc1450

cognoscencec1540

conscience1570

comprehension1597

comprehense1604

cognizant1634

sciency1642

scibility1677

c1400 Rom. Rose 5562 For the toon yeveth conysaunce And the tother ignoraunce.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 347/3 Yf it suffyse to Jhesu cryst that thow knowe hym..and yf his cognoyssaunce suffyseth not to the.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. B.iiii Except ye fyrst haue true & iust cognoyssance in the fyrst booke.

1638 T. Heywood Wise Woman iii, in Wks. (1874) V. 313 You should be one, though not of my cognisance, yet of my condition.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxv. 216 The tree of cognizance of Good and Evill.

†b. Recognition. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > recognition > [noun]

knowing?c1225

knowledgec1330

kithinga1400

recognizance1490

acknowledgec1510

cognizance1590

recognition1748

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N3^v Who soone as one that knight his eye did glaunce, Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizaunce.

a. Knowledge as attained by observation or information; state of being aware of anything; perception, notice, observation. Esp. in to have cognizance of, to be aware of, know by observation or information; to come (fall, be, lie) under, within, beyond, out of the cognizance, i.e. range of observation or perception, ken of (often with some admixture of the notion of ‘province’, ‘jurisdiction’, ‘right of dealing with’; as in 3); to take cognizance of, to take notice of, notice, observe, become aware of; to take note of, include within the range of observation, embrace within its scope.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > perceive, be aware of [verb (intransitive)]

tellc1390

to be perceiveda1400

to take cognizance of1635

notice1820

waken1825

to wake to1836

to take notice1845

to tune in1926

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > know, be aware of [verb (intransitive)]

wit971

knowlOE

to be aware (of, that)a1250

wota1300

be (well) warec1325

to know of ——c1390

not to seek1569

to know for ——1576

to know on ——1608

to have cognizance of1635

reck1764

to be (or get) wise to1896

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > state of awareness

consciencec1384

knowledgea1398

sensibility?c1425

knowingness1611

cognizance1635

conusance1635

cognoscence1647

vaticination1678

consciousness1753

awareness1839

clairvoyance1861

perceivingness1872

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > product of perception

imagea1393

knowledgea1398

appearancea1400

utter-wit1495

cognizance1635

conusance1635

cognoscence1647

perception1690

cognitiona1822

trans-impressiona1834

percept1864

vestige1885

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [noun]

witshipc900

wisdomc950

knowledge1393

notice?1435

notition1453

intellectionc1475

acknowledgec1510

sciturec1540

knowledgement1570

know1592

cognizance1635

conusance1635

cognoscence1647

knowfulness1891

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)]

markc1175

note?c1225

heedc1275

apperceivec1300

spyc1380

notec1390

notac1392

registera1393

considerc1400

notifya1425

animadvert?a1475

mind1490

adnote1558

observe1560

quote1560

remark1581

to take note1600

apprehenda1634

to take cognizance of1635

animadverse1642

notice1660

to pass in review1697

smoke1716

cognize1821

spot1848

looky1900

1635 R. Sanderson Two Serm. S. Pauls Crosse & Grantham i. 19 Wherewith we disguise and conceale from the conusance of others.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. i. §3 If..his wife grant a rent..without the knowledge of the husband, this grant is void, so it is, notwithstanding that the husband had conusance of it.

1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 71 [He] exposed them in the great market-place, to see if any would take cognisance of them.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 288. ⁋1 Should any of their..Faults come under their Cognizance.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 162. ⁋4 The business from which we withdraw our cognizance is..below our notice.

1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. ix. 266 Any part of Christ's history..which was public, and within the cognisance of his followers.

1829 R. Southey All for Love ix. 99 That act being publicly perform'd With thy full cognizance.

1857 S. Osborn Quedah vii. 81 Islands, rivers, and creeks..of which charts and surveyors had no cognizance.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 40 Of this..the utilitarian theory takes no cognizance.

b. Often with admixture of sense 3: Official knowledge, authoritative notice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [noun] > official knowledge

cognizance1751

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxiv. 180 [The proctor,] having taken cognizance of their names, dismissed the rioters.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. xi. 391 The queen..took this department under her special cognizance.

II. Legal senses.

3. Law.

a. The action of taking judicial or authoritative notice; the hearing and trying of a cause.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun]

judgementc1300

knowledge1398

tryingc1440

court of oyer and terminer1451

acknowledge1492

cognition1523

knowledgement1574

hearing1576

conusance1660

cognizance1786

avizandum1861

1786 E. Burke Speech 12 Apr. in Jrnls. House of Commons (1803) XLI. 581/2 To introduce Courts of Justice for the Cognizance of Crimes.

b. The right of hearing and trying a cause, or of dealing with any matter judicially; jurisdiction. Chiefly in to have cognizance of; to take cognizance of; under, within, etc., the cognizance of. cognizance of pleas: see quots. 1670, 1767.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal power > [noun] > right of dealing with matters judicially

sokena1012

sac1020

soca1272

cognition1523

cognizance1523

conusance1523

soke1598

cognoscence1612

society > law > legal power > [noun] > right of dealing with matters judicially > exclusive right of court

cognizance of pleas1670

1292 Britton 28 Car nous volume qe Sainte Eglise..eyt conisaunce a juger de pure espiritualté.

1389 Act 13 Rich. II Stat. 1. c. 2 Al conestable appartient davoir conissance des contractz tochantz faitz darmes & de guerre hors du roialme.]

1523 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 38 The Chancellor..shall have connusance of plees.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 4 When the right of tithes is in question..the church holdeth conusance.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 96 b The conusans of that cause belongeth to the king's temporall courts onely.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. (at cited word) Cognizance of Plea, is an ability to call a Cause or Plea out of another Court.

1692 J. Locke Toleration iii. x Magistrates, whose duty it is to punish Faults under their Cognizance.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 37 The cognizance of pleas..is..an exclusive right, so that no other court shall try causes arising within that jurisdiction.

1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 40 When the admiralty declined cognizance of the case.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 428 In all causes of which the spiritual courts had cognizance.

figurative.1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. iii. 8 Causes that are properly of feminine cognizance he suffers her to decide.a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. xxi. 175 I would have every man judge for himself, but not pass his judgement until after full cognisance of the cause.

a. Recognition or acknowledgement; admission of a fact alleged; esp. acknowledgement of a fine n.¹ II.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > conclusion in case of cognizance

proclamation of a fine1483

cognizance1576

1292 Britton 62 Qe le Corouner..voist a eus de enquere et de oyer lour conisaunce. transl. That the coroner..go to them to inquire..and hear their confessions.]

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 102 To holde Plee in Actions reall and personall, to take Conusance by fine.

b. A plea in replevin that defendant holds the goods in the right of another as his bailiff. Cf. avowry n.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > pleas in justification

conusance1576

cognizance1602

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 49 Where the husband is seised of a Seigniorie in the right of his wife, a man may not make conusans as baily to the husband, but as bayly to them both.

1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1130 Where in replevin..the defendant made cognisance for rent in arrear.

1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. vii. 274 When a person whose goods have been distrained seeks to replevy them..and the defendant justifies this taking of the goods, he is said to make avowry if he justifies in his own right..and to make cognizance if he justifies in the right of another.

III. A badge or device of recognition.

a. A device or mark by which a person, company, etc., is known or distinguished, as a crest, heraldic bearing, coat of arms, etc.; a badge; spec. in Heraldry a device or emblem borne for distinction by all the retainers of a noble house, whether they bore ‘arms’ or not; see quot. 1766-87. (The chief sense in Middle English.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > cognizance

signc1300

quaintisec1330

cognizancea1375

cognizantc1394

retainder1472

recognizance1477

cognoscencea1525

conusance1561

cullisance1600

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3569 Ȝif i encountre with þis kniȝt..how schal i him knowe what konichauns here he bere?

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xix. 188 What is hus conysaunce, quath ich, in hus cote-armure?

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. liiii. f. xviii^v Aruiragus..hastely causyd hym to be Armed with the cognisaunce of the kynge.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 650 He gaue the Sunne in his full brightnesse for his Cognisaunce or Badge.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 118 Lewis..tooke vpon him the crosse, the cognisance of the sacred war.

1766–87 M. A. Porny Elem. Heraldry Gloss. s.v. Cognisances were badges which subordinate officers, and even soldiers did bare on their Shields, for distinction sake, being not entitled to a Crest.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. ii. 317 In the chief three mullets stood, The cognizance of Douglas Blood.

1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xix. 236 The motive that induced Geoffrey of Anjou to assume as his cognizance the Sprig of Broom is uncertain.

b. figurative. Badge, emblem, mark, token.

ΚΠ

c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 276 b/2 Meekeness in countenaunce, with a manly heart..is the conisance of my livery.

1584 G. Whetstone Mirour for Magestrates f. 13^v Receyve of us the possession thereof, as a cognisance of our loue.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 464 I did..give them my Sabbaths, as a speciall cognisance of my people.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 37 If generous Honesty, Valour, and plain Dealing, be the Cognisance of thy Family.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cognizance
释义	cognizancen. /ˈkɒɡnɪzəns//ˈkɒnɪzəns//kɒɡˈnʌɪzəns/ Forms: α. Middle English conisaunce, conysaunce, Middle English–1600s (legal) conisance, conisans, (Middle English konichauns, Middle English conyschance, conoissaunce), 1500s (legal) conizaunce. β. (legal) 1500s–1700s con(n)usance, 1600s conusans. γ. Middle English–1500s cognisaunce, ( cognoyssaunce, cognoyssance), 1500s cognysaunce, cognizaunce, cognyzaunce, cognisens, cognizens, cognissance, 1500s– cognisance, cognizance. Etymology: Middle English, < Old French conis(s)ance , conus(s)ance , variant of conois(s)ance , < conoiss-ant present participle of conoistre to know + -ance suffix, answering to a Latin type cognōscentia (of common Romanic standing: compare Italian conoscenza, Provençal conoissenza, Catalan conexensa, Old Spanish conocencia). From the 13th cent., and especially after the Renaissance, the spelling was in French often partially latinized as cognoissance, but the g was never pronounced (Palsgrave, 1530) and was entirely dropped after 1600. In English the g appeared in 15th cent., and has here gradually affected the pronunciation, though, in legal use, the older /ˈkɒnɪzəns/ is still usual. (The spelling with s is etymological, but that with z, which accords with the pronunciation, has long prevailed.) Latin cognōscĕre* gave regularly (through cognocs're, co(g)nois're), Old French conoistre, also written conuistre. In the present participle conois(s)ant, conuisant ( < cognōscent-em), and in analogous forms, pre-tonic oi was liable to be weakened to e, and i, giving cones(s)ant, conis(s)ant, and ui to u giving conusant, whence the Anglo French and Middle English forms so spelt. In modern French connoissant has long been pronounced connessant, and is now written connaissant. The past participle connu, Old French coneü, represents a Latin type cognōvūtum < cognōvi. I. Knowledge, etc. †1. a. Knowledge, understanding; also acquaintance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [noun] i-witnessc888 knowledging?c1225 wittinga1300 beknowing1340 sciencec1350 bekenningc1380 knowinga1398 knowledgea1398 meaninga1398 cunningshipa1400 feela1400 understanda1400 cognizancec1400 kenningc1400 witc1400 recognizancec1436 cognition1447 recognitionc1450 cognoscencec1540 conscience1570 comprehension1597 comprehense1604 cognizant1634 sciency1642 scibility1677 c1400 Rom. Rose 5562 For the toon yeveth conysaunce And the tother ignoraunce. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 347/3 Yf it suffyse to Jhesu cryst that thow knowe hym..and yf his cognoyssaunce suffyseth not to the. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. B.iiii Except ye fyrst haue true & iust cognoyssance in the fyrst booke. 1638 T. Heywood Wise Woman iii, in Wks. (1874) V. 313 You should be one, though not of my cognisance, yet of my condition. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxv. 216 The tree of cognizance of Good and Evill. †b. Recognition. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > recognition > [noun] knowing?c1225 knowledgec1330 kithinga1400 recognizance1490 acknowledgec1510 cognizance1590 recognition1748 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N3^v Who soone as one that knight his eye did glaunce, Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizaunce. 2. a. Knowledge as attained by observation or information; state of being aware of anything; perception, notice, observation. Esp. in to have cognizance of, to be aware of, know by observation or information; to come (fall, be, lie) under, within, beyond, out of the cognizance, i.e. range of observation or perception, ken of (often with some admixture of the notion of ‘province’, ‘jurisdiction’, ‘right of dealing with’; as in 3); to take cognizance of, to take notice of, notice, observe, become aware of; to take note of, include within the range of observation, embrace within its scope. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > perceive, be aware of [verb (intransitive)] tellc1390 to be perceiveda1400 to take cognizance of1635 notice1820 waken1825 to wake to1836 to take notice1845 to tune in1926 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > know, be aware of [verb (intransitive)] wit971 knowlOE to be aware (of, that)a1250 wota1300 be (well) warec1325 to know of ——c1390 not to seek1569 to know for ——1576 to know on ——1608 to have cognizance of1635 reck1764 to be (or get) wise to1896 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > state of awareness consciencec1384 knowledgea1398 sensibility?c1425 knowingness1611 cognizance1635 conusance1635 cognoscence1647 vaticination1678 consciousness1753 awareness1839 clairvoyance1861 perceivingness1872 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > product of perception imagea1393 knowledgea1398 appearancea1400 utter-wit1495 cognizance1635 conusance1635 cognoscence1647 perception1690 cognitiona1822 trans-impressiona1834 percept1864 vestige1885 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [noun] witshipc900 wisdomc950 knowledge1393 notice?1435 notition1453 intellectionc1475 acknowledgec1510 sciturec1540 knowledgement1570 know1592 cognizance1635 conusance1635 cognoscence1647 knowfulness1891 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)] markc1175 note?c1225 heedc1275 apperceivec1300 spyc1380 notec1390 notac1392 registera1393 considerc1400 notifya1425 animadvert?a1475 mind1490 adnote1558 observe1560 quote1560 remark1581 to take note1600 apprehenda1634 to take cognizance of1635 animadverse1642 notice1660 to pass in review1697 smoke1716 cognize1821 spot1848 looky1900 1635 R. Sanderson Two Serm. S. Pauls Crosse & Grantham i. 19 Wherewith we disguise and conceale from the conusance of others. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. i. §3 If..his wife grant a rent..without the knowledge of the husband, this grant is void, so it is, notwithstanding that the husband had conusance of it. 1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 71 [He] exposed them in the great market-place, to see if any would take cognisance of them. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 288. ⁋1 Should any of their..Faults come under their Cognizance. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 162. ⁋4 The business from which we withdraw our cognizance is..below our notice. 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. ix. 266 Any part of Christ's history..which was public, and within the cognisance of his followers. 1829 R. Southey All for Love ix. 99 That act being publicly perform'd With thy full cognizance. 1857 S. Osborn Quedah vii. 81 Islands, rivers, and creeks..of which charts and surveyors had no cognizance. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 40 Of this..the utilitarian theory takes no cognizance. b. Often with admixture of sense 3: Official knowledge, authoritative notice. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [noun] > official knowledge cognizance1751 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxiv. 180 [The proctor,] having taken cognizance of their names, dismissed the rioters. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. xi. 391 The queen..took this department under her special cognizance. II. Legal senses. 3. Law. a. The action of taking judicial or authoritative notice; the hearing and trying of a cause. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] judgementc1300 knowledge1398 tryingc1440 court of oyer and terminer1451 acknowledge1492 cognition1523 knowledgement1574 hearing1576 conusance1660 cognizance1786 avizandum1861 1786 E. Burke Speech 12 Apr. in Jrnls. House of Commons (1803) XLI. 581/2 To introduce Courts of Justice for the Cognizance of Crimes. b. The right of hearing and trying a cause, or of dealing with any matter judicially; jurisdiction. Chiefly in to have cognizance of; to take cognizance of; under, within, etc., the cognizance of. cognizance of pleas: see quots. 1670, 1767. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal power > [noun] > right of dealing with matters judicially sokena1012 sac1020 soca1272 cognition1523 cognizance1523 conusance1523 soke1598 cognoscence1612 society > law > legal power > [noun] > right of dealing with matters judicially > exclusive right of court cognizance of pleas1670 1292 Britton 28 Car nous volume qe Sainte Eglise..eyt conisaunce a juger de pure espiritualté. 1389 Act 13 Rich. II Stat. 1. c. 2 Al conestable appartient davoir conissance des contractz tochantz faitz darmes & de guerre hors du roialme.] 1523 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 38 The Chancellor..shall have connusance of plees. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 4 When the right of tithes is in question..the church holdeth conusance. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 96 b The conusans of that cause belongeth to the king's temporall courts onely. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. (at cited word) Cognizance of Plea, is an ability to call a Cause or Plea out of another Court. 1692 J. Locke Toleration iii. x Magistrates, whose duty it is to punish Faults under their Cognizance. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 37 The cognizance of pleas..is..an exclusive right, so that no other court shall try causes arising within that jurisdiction. 1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 40 When the admiralty declined cognizance of the case. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 428 In all causes of which the spiritual courts had cognizance. figurative.1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. iii. 8 Causes that are properly of feminine cognizance he suffers her to decide.a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. xxi. 175 I would have every man judge for himself, but not pass his judgement until after full cognisance of the cause. 4. a. Recognition or acknowledgement; admission of a fact alleged; esp. acknowledgement of a fine n.¹ II. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > conclusion in case of cognizance proclamation of a fine1483 cognizance1576 1292 Britton 62 Qe le Corouner..voist a eus de enquere et de oyer lour conisaunce. transl. That the coroner..go to them to inquire..and hear their confessions.] 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 102 To holde Plee in Actions reall and personall, to take Conusance by fine. b. A plea in replevin that defendant holds the goods in the right of another as his bailiff. Cf. avowry n. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > pleas in justification conusance1576 cognizance1602 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 49 Where the husband is seised of a Seigniorie in the right of his wife, a man may not make conusans as baily to the husband, but as bayly to them both. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1130 Where in replevin..the defendant made cognisance for rent in arrear. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. vii. 274 When a person whose goods have been distrained seeks to replevy them..and the defendant justifies this taking of the goods, he is said to make avowry if he justifies in his own right..and to make cognizance if he justifies in the right of another. III. A badge or device of recognition. 5. a. A device or mark by which a person, company, etc., is known or distinguished, as a crest, heraldic bearing, coat of arms, etc.; a badge; spec. in Heraldry a device or emblem borne for distinction by all the retainers of a noble house, whether they bore ‘arms’ or not; see quot. 1766-87. (The chief sense in Middle English.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > cognizance signc1300 quaintisec1330 cognizancea1375 cognizantc1394 retainder1472 recognizance1477 cognoscencea1525 conusance1561 cullisance1600 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3569 Ȝif i encountre with þis kniȝt..how schal i him knowe what konichauns here he bere? 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xix. 188 What is hus conysaunce, quath ich, in hus cote-armure? a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. liiii. f. xviii^v Aruiragus..hastely causyd hym to be Armed with the cognisaunce of the kynge. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 650 He gaue the Sunne in his full brightnesse for his Cognisaunce or Badge. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 118 Lewis..tooke vpon him the crosse, the cognisance of the sacred war. 1766–87 M. A. Porny Elem. Heraldry Gloss. s.v. Cognisances were badges which subordinate officers, and even soldiers did bare on their Shields, for distinction sake, being not entitled to a Crest. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. ii. 317 In the chief three mullets stood, The cognizance of Douglas Blood. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xix. 236 The motive that induced Geoffrey of Anjou to assume as his cognizance the Sprig of Broom is uncertain. b. figurative. Badge, emblem, mark, token. ΚΠ c1400 Test. Love (1560) i. 276 b/2 Meekeness in countenaunce, with a manly heart..is the conisance of my livery. 1584 G. Whetstone Mirour for Magestrates f. 13^v Receyve of us the possession thereof, as a cognisance of our loue. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 464 I did..give them my Sabbaths, as a speciall cognisance of my people. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 37 If generous Honesty, Valour, and plain Dealing, be the Cognisance of thy Family. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cognizancev. Etymology: < cognizance n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcognizance. rare. To have cognizance of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > know, be aware of [verb (transitive)] witc888 underyetec893 knowOE acknowOE understanda1000 seeOE awitc1200 wota1300 beknowc1300 kena1400 cognizance1642 suppose1843 1642 P. Heylyn Hist. Episcopacie ii. v. 417 Why the Emperour made choyse..of the Westerne..Bishops to cognisans the cause. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1375v.1642
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