The action of trying a case in a court of law; trial.

Law (originally and chiefly Scots Law). Legal cognizance; judicial investigation or inquiry. In later use only with of, esp. in to put (or remit) t…

The action of try, v., in various senses.

English Law. In phrases, as court of oyer and terminer, commissioner of oyer and terminer, etc.

Scottish. Investigation, trial. Cf. knowledge, n. 2. rare.

Law. = cognizance, n. 3 (Chiefly Scottish)

Acknowledgement, in various senses. In early use esp. formal acknowledgement, legal cognizance (cf. acknowledgement, n. 4). Obsolete.

The listening to evidence and pleadings in a court of law; the trial of a cause; spec. a trial before a judge without a jury.

Law. = cognizance, n. 3.

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

Consideration. to take a case intoor to avizandum, is for a judge to take it for private consideration outside the court.