English-Thai Dictionary

cognizance

N การตระหนัก รู้  การรับรู้  awareness perception kan-tra-nak-ru

 

cognizance

N ความรู้ ความเข้าใจ  knowledge kwam-ru-kwam-kao-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COGNIZANCE

n. 1. Judicial notice or knowledge; the hearing, trying and determining of a cause or action in court.
The court of kings bench takes cognizance of civil and criminal causes.
In the United States, the district courts have cognizance of maritime causes.
2. Jurisdiction, or right to try and determine causes.
The court of kings bench has original jurisdiction and cognizance of all actions of trespass vi et armis.
3. In law, an acknowledgment or confession; as in fines, the acknowledgment of the cognizor or deforciant, that the right to the land in question is in the plaintiff or cognizee, by gift or otherwise; in replevin, the acknowledgment of the defendant, that he took the goods, but alledging that he did it legally as the bailiff of another person who had a right to distrain.
4. A badge on the sleeve of a waterman or servant, by which he is known to belong to this or that nobleman or gentleman.
5. Knowledge or notice; perception; observation; as the cognizance of the senses.
6. Knowledge by recollection.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COGNIZANCE

Cog "ni *zance ( or; 277 ), n. Etym: [OF. conissance, conoissance, F.conaissance, LL. cognoscentia, fr. L. cognoscere to know. See Cognition, and cf. Cognoscence, Connoisseur. ]

 

1. Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation. Within the cognizance and lying under the control of their divine Governor. Bp. Hurd

 

2. Recollection; recognition. Who, soon as on that knight his eye did glance, Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizance. Spenser.

 

3. (Law ) (a ) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies. (b ) The hearing a matter judicially. (c ) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done. [Eng. ] (d ) 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. [Eng. ] Cowell. Mozley & W.

 

4. 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. Wearing the liveries and cognizance of their master. Prescott. This pale and angry rose, As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cognizance

cog ni zance |ˈkägnəzəns ˈkɑɡnəzəns |(also cognisance ) ▶noun 1 formal knowledge, awareness, or notice: he was deputed to bring the affair to the cognizance of the board. • Law the action of taking jurisdiction. • the action of taking judicial notice (of a fact beyond dispute ). 2 Heraldry a distinctive device or mark, esp. an emblem or badge formerly worn by retainers of a noble house. PHRASES take cognizance of formal attend to; take account of. ORIGIN Middle English conisance, from Old French conoisance, based on Latin cognoscere ‘get to know. ’ The spelling with g, influenced by Latin, arose in the 15th cent. and gradually affected the pronunciation.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cognizance

cognizance |ˈkɒ (g )nɪz (ə )ns |(also cognisance |-z (ə )ns |) ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] formal knowledge or awareness: the Renaissance cognizance of Greece was limited. • Law the action of taking judicial notice. 2 Heraldry a distinctive emblem or badge formerly worn by retainers of a noble house. PHRASES take cognizance of formal attend to; take account of. ORIGIN Middle English conisance, from Old French conoisance, based on Latin cognoscere ‘get to know ’. The spelling with g, influenced by Latin, arose in the 15th cent. and gradually affected the pronunciation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cognizance

cognizance noun formal he brought the affair to the cognizance of the court: awareness, notice, knowledge, consciousness, apprehension, perception, realization, recognition, appreciation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cognizance

cog ni zance ｟英 ｠-sance /kɑ́ɡnɪz (ə )ns |kɔ́ɡ -/名詞 1 U ｟かたく ｠認識, 知識 ▸ take cognizance of A Aに気がつく, Aを考慮に入れる [認識する ].2 U 〘法 〙(裁判所の )管轄権 .3 C 紋章, 記章 .