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cognizance Definition

cog·ni·zance (käg′nə zəns; occas. kän′ə-)

noun

  1. perception or knowledge; esp., the range of knowledge possible through observation
  2. official observation of or authority over something
  3. Heraldry a distinguishing badge or device
  4. Law
    1. the hearing of a case in court
    2. the right or power of dealing with a matter judicially; jurisdiction

Etymology: ME cognisaunce < OFr conoissance, knowledge < conoissant, prp. of conoistre, to know < L cognoscere: see cognition

cognizance Idioms

take cognizance of

to notice or recognize
cognizance Synonyms

cognizance

n.

awareness, perception, notice; see awareness, knowledge 1, thought 1, 2.

take cognizance of

notice, acknowledge, be aware of; see recognize 1, regard1, see 1.

cognizance Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • need: The reappraisal of the industrial benefit system which is now underway must, he said, take cognizance of the needs of asbestos victims.
  • fact: There's always cognizance of the fact that some day this will be for an audience.
  • carelessness: The law takes no cognizance of carelessness in the abstract.
  • matter: ARTICLE 22 ( The scope of cognizance ) The Tribunal Administrativo takes cognizance of matters de facto and de jure in all its groupings.

Converse of object

  • take: The law takes no cognizance of carelessness in the abstract.
  • have: No DoD corps, regardless of how broadly constituted, has cognizance of more than perhaps half the territory of information warfare.

Adjective modifier

  • due: Business decisions should be taken after due cognizance of the impact on cash has been made.
  • full: In other words the direct process may be going on rightly, while a full reflex cognizance thereof may be utterly impossible.
  • reflex: In other words the direct process may be going on rightly, while a full reflex cognizance thereof may be utterly impossible.