Cognizance

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See also: Cognizance (culfest), IIT, Roorkee.

Cognizance (Latin: cognoscere, to know), knowledge, notice, especially judicial notice, the right of trying or considering a case judicially, the exercise of jurisdiction by a court of law.

In heraldry a cognizance is an emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house.

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