cognovit

[ kog-noh-vit ]

noun

1. Law. an acknowledgment or confession by a defendant that the plaintiff's cause, or part of it, is just, wherefore the defendant, to save expense, permits judgment to be entered without trial.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cognovit¹

1755–65; < Latin: 3rd person singular perfect of cognōscere to recognize; cognizance

Example Sentences

“Domina Agnes Smyth inquisita dicit quod Simon Prentes cognovit eam et suscitavit prolem ex ea infra prioratum, extra tamen claustrum.”

From Project Gutenberg

Mox sibi cognovit senior quis tollere vellet Palmam seque suumque caput prior obtulit ipse, Impatiens feritas posset ne l�dere quemquam.

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Unigenitus Filius, qui est in sinu Paris ipse ennarravit.6 Quapropter Apostolus, qui gentes Deum per ea, quae facta sunt cognovisse testatur, disserens de gratia et veritate7 quae per Jesum Christum facta est, loquimur, iniquit, Dei sapientiam in mysterio, quae abscondita est ... quam nemo principum hujus saeculi cognovit ...

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Ita et quae Dei sunt nemo cognovit, nisi Spiritus Dei.8 Hisce aliisque fere innumeris divinis eloquiis inhaerentes SS.

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He goes on to state, however, that those who would be wiser than the Apostles write this verse as follows: "Nemo cognovit Patrem nisi Filius; nee Filium nisi Pater, et cui voluerit Filius revelare."

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