cognoscible

[Lat. cognoscibilis; from cognosco to know.] 1. Ord . Lang .: Capable of being known or appre hended; perceptible. "Matters intelligible and cognoscible."-Hale: Origin of Mankind. 2. Law: Cognizable; liable to or proper for jud i. edges the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; cial Lovestigogniza a defendant. ( Black stone.) "The deforciant or cognisor acknowledges (cognoscit) the right to be in the plaintiff or cognisée ."- Black stone , bk. ii., c. 21. cog-nō-mén, s. [Lat. cog=con; nomen = a 1. Rom. Antiq .: A surname; the family name names by which each person was distinguished. among the Romans, being the last of the three 2. Gen .: A title, style, or name. suff. -ize .] To name, to call. *cog-nō-měn-ize, v . t . [Lat. cognomen; Eng. cog-năm-In-al, a. & s. [Lat. cognomen , gen it. cognomin(is); -al.] A. As adjective : " be known or identified. "Plan. And, by my soul, this pale and angry rose, As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate." B. Technically: 1. Law: Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . I. , ii. 4. "This eminent man whom I cognominated Cyclops diphrelates." -De Quincey: Eng. Mail Coach. (Davies.) căg-năm-in-ā-tion, s. [Lat. cognominatio, from cognomen , gen it. cog no min is .] 1. A cognomen; a surname or family name. 2. A name given or added from any accident or cial notice or knowledge. (2) An acknowledgment or confe ion, as an acknowledgment of a fine. (3) The acknowledgment of the defendant, in replevin, that he took the goods, with the allegation that he did it legally, as the bailiff of another person who had a right to distrain. (4) A claim made in answer to a suit, when the defendant, being any person or body corporate, has the franchise of holding pleas within a particular limited jurisdiction. Upon this claim of cognizance, if allowed, all proceedings shall cease in the superior court, the plaintiff being at liberty to pursue his remedy in the special jurisdiction. ( Black stone : Comment , bk. iii., ch. xi.) "The general resolved in person to cognosce the entry into Newcastle." -Spalding , i. 256. 2. To adjudge, to adjudicate, to determine after an investigation; to decide, to declare. "George Douglas' elder brother was cognosced nearest agnate."-Chalmers: Mary , i. 278. ". in the high-commi ion we meddled with no cause not cognoscible there." -Archbishop Laud: Diary, dc., i. 333. *cog-nõs'-çi-tive, a. [Formed on the analogy of other adj. in -ive , from Lat. cognosco to know, as if from Lat. cognoscitivus.] Having the power or quality of knowing; apprehending, cognitive. "I suppose prescience to be an act of the understanding (as likewise all science), which alone is cognoscitive." Bp. Barlow: Remains, p. 573.