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Crown Office :: Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases..

Recognizor :: Recognizor (n.) One who enters into a recognizance.

Before :: Before (prep.) Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.

Ken :: Ken (n.) Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge..

Jurisdiction :: "Jurisdiction (a.) The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission..

Competency :: Competency (n.) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court..

Animadversion :: Animadversion (n.) Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

Crest :: Crest (n.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4..

Badge :: Badge (n.) A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman..

Ken :: Ken (n. t.) To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.

Notice :: Notice (n.) The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note..

Device :: Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance..

Feel :: Feel (v. t.) To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.

Bailpiece :: Bailpiece (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond..

Rota :: Rota (n.) An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members..

Cognizant :: Cognizant (a.) Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

Incognizance :: Incognizance (n.) Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice..

Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal..

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