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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