cognovit

[kog-noh-vit]

cog·no·vit

[kog-noh-vit]
noun
Law. an acknowledgment or confession by a defendant that the plaintiff's cause, or part of it, is just, wherefore the defendant, to save expense, permits judgment to be entered without trial.

Origin:
1755–65; < Latin: 3rd person singular perfect of cognōscere to recognize; see cognizance
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Cognovit is always a great word to know.
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a written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition
the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person; the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on
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