Legal Term Dictionary

Lat. In the civil law. A relation by the mother's side; a cognate. A relation, or kinsman, generally.

Lat. In the civil law. A relation by the mother's side; a cognate. A relation, or kinsman, generally. Less...

In old English law. The acknowledgment of a fine; the certificate of such acknowledgment. In the Roman law. The judicial examination or hearing of a cause.

In old English law. The acknowledgment of a fine; the certificate of such acknowledgment. In the Roman law. The judicial examination or hearing of a cause. Less...

Ensigns and arms, or a military coat painted with arms. Mat. Par. 1250.

Ensigns and arms, or a military coat painted with arms. Mat. Par. 1250. Less...

In English law. A writ to a justice of the common pleas, or other, who has power to take a tine, who, having taken the fine, defers to certify it, commanding him to certify it. Now abolished. Reg. Orig. 68.

In English law. A writ to a justice of the common pleas, or other, who has power to take a tine, who, having taken the fine, defers to certify it, commanding him to certify it. Now abolished. Reg. Orig. 68. Less...

In Scotch practice. A name given to a judgment or decree pronounced by a court, ascertaining the amount of a debt against the estate of a deceased landed proprietor, on cause shown, or after a due investigation. Bell.

In Scotch practice. A name given to a judgment or decree pronounced by a court, ascertaining the amount of a debt against the estate of a deceased landed proprietor, on cause shown, or after a due investigation. Bell. Less...

In the Roman law. An advocate or defender in a private cause; one who defended the cause of *a person who was present. Calvin. Lex. Jurid.

In the Roman law. An advocate or defender in a private cause; one who defended the cause of *a person who was present. Calvin. Lex. Jurid. Less...

In old practice. That part of a fine in which the defendant acknowledged that the land in question was the right of the complainant. From this the fine itself derived its name, as being sur cognizance de droit, etc., and the parties their titles of cognizor and cognizee. In modern More...

In old practice. That part of a fine in which the defendant acknowledged that the land in question was the right of the complainant. From this the fine itself derived its name, as being sur cognizance de droit, etc., and the parties their titles of cognizor and cognizee. In modern practice. Judicial notice or knowledge; the judicial hearing of a cause; jurisdiction, or right to try and determine causes; acknowledgment; confession; recognition. Of pleas. Jurisdiction of causes. A privilege granted by the king to a city or town to hold pleas within the same. Claim of cognisance (or of conusance) is an intervention by a third person, demanding judicature in the cause against the plaintiff, who has chosen to commence bis action out of claimant's court 2 Wils. 409; 2 BL Comm. 350, note. In pleading. A species of answer in the action of replevin, by which the defendant acknowledges the taking of the goods which are the subject-matter of the action, and also that he has no title to them, but Justifies the taking on the ground that it was done by the command of one who was entitled to the property. In the process of levying a fine, it is an acknowledgment by the deforciant that the lands in question belong to the complainant In the language of American jurisprudence, this word is used chiefly in the sense of jurisdiction, or the exercise of jurisdiction; the judicial examination of a matter, or power and authority to make it Webster v. Com., 5 Cush. (Mass.) 400; Clarion County v. Hospital, 111 Pa. 339, 3 Atl. 97. Judicial cognizance is judicial notice, or knowledge upon which a judge is bound to act without having it proved in evidence. —-Cognlsee. The party to whom a fine was levied. 2 Bl. Comm. 351.—Cognixor. In old conveyancing. The party levying a fine. 2 Bl. Comm. 350, 351. Less...

In Roman law. A man's family name. The first name (prwnomcn) was the proper name of the Individual; the second (nomen) indicated the gens or tribe to which he belonged; while the third (cognomen) denoted his family or house. In English law. A surname. A name added to the nomen More...

In Roman law. A man's family name. The first name (prwnomcn) was the proper name of the Individual; the second (nomen) indicated the gens or tribe to which he belonged; while the third (cognomen) denoted his family or house. In English law. A surname. A name added to the nomen proper, or name of the individual; a name descriptive of the family. Cognomen majomm est on sanguine tr actum, hoo intrinsoenm est; agnomen eztrinsoonm ah eventu. 6 Coke, 65. The cognomen is derived from the blood of ancestors, and is intrinsic; an agnomen arises from an event, and is extrinsic. Less...

(He has confessed the action.) A defendant's written confession of an action brought against him, to which he has no available defense. It Is usually upon condition that he shall be allowed a certain time for the payment of the debt or damages, and costs. It is supposed to be More...

(He has confessed the action.) A defendant's written confession of an action brought against him, to which he has no available defense. It Is usually upon condition that he shall be allowed a certain time for the payment of the debt or damages, and costs. It is supposed to be given in court, and it impliedly authorizes the plaintiff's attorney to sign judgment and issue execution. Mallory v. Kirk-patrick, 54,N. J. Eq. 50, 33 Atl. 205. Less...

Living together; living together as husband and wife. Cohabitation means having the same habitation, not a sojourn, a habit of visiting or remaining for a time; there must be something more than mere meretricious intercourse. In re Yardley's Estate, 75 Pa. 211; Cox v. State, 117 Ala. 103, 23 South. More...

Living together; living together as husband and wife. Cohabitation means having the same habitation, not a sojourn, a habit of visiting or remaining for a time; there must be something more than mere meretricious intercourse. In re Yardley's Estate, 75 Pa. 211; Cox v. State, 117 Ala. 103, 23 South. 806, 41 L. R. A. 760. 67 Am. St. Rep. 166; Turney v. State, 60 Ark. 259, 29 S. W. 893; Com. v. Lucas, 158 Mass. 81, 32 N. E. J033: Jones v. Com., 80 Va. 20; Brinckle v. Brinckle, 12 Phila. (Pa.) 234. Cohstredes una persona censentur, propter nnitatem juris qnod habont. Co. Litt. 163. Co-heirs are deemed as one person, on account of the unity of right which they possess. Less...