Usually means: Acknowledgment of debt by debtor.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. cognovit: Collins English Dictionary
  2. cognovit: Wordnik
  3. cognovit: Wiktionary
  4. cognovit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. cognovit: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Cognovit, cognovit: Dictionary.com
  7. Cognovit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. cognovit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Cognovit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. cognovit: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Cognovit: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. cognovit: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. cognovit: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  (law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.

Similar:
cognizor, acknowledgment, cognisee, recognizance, accord, cognizance, conusance, admission, knowledge, acknowledging, more...

Opposite:
uncognovit, deny, contest

Phrases:
cognovit note, cognovit judgment, cognovit clause, cognovit judgement, more...

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Similar:
cognizor, acknowledgment, cognisee, recognizance, accord, cognizance, conusance, admission, knowledge, acknowledging, more...

Opposite:
uncognovit, deny, contest

Phrases:
cognovit note, cognovit judgment, cognovit clause, cognovit judgement, more...



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