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cognizance, cognisance Law a. the right of a court to hear and determine a cause or matter b. knowledge of certain facts upon which the court must act without requiring proof c. Chiefly US confession How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Such passages will be found, however, to be based upon facts admitting of no contradiction, and which have come immediately under the writer's cognizance. Bean, one of the Americans, was found a note-book in which had been penciled some sentences which admit us, in flesh and spirit, as it were, to the presence of these men during their last hours of life, and to the grisly horrors which their fading vision looked upon and their failing consciousness took cognizance of: But we can no more take cognizance of our 'height' than you can of your 'extra-height'. |
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