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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..

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies..

Animadvert :: Animadvert (v. i.) To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.

Concurrent :: Concurrent (a.) Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts..

Perceive :: Perceive (v. t.) To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand.

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

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..

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..

Feel :: Feel (v. t.) To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs..

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

Object :: Object (v. t.) That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc..

Cognoscence :: Cognoscence (n.) Cognizance.

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

Appellate :: Appellate (a.) Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals..

Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.

Recognizee :: Recognizee (n.) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.

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

Privity :: Privity (a.) Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence.

Conference :: Conference (n.) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters..

Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.

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