• (n.) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff`s demand to be just.
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Cog·no'vit noun [ Latin , he has acknowledged.]
(Law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
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A written confession of an action by a defendant, subscribed but not sealed, and authorizing the plaintiff to sign judgment and issue execution, usually for a sum named.
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cognovit In law, an acknowledgment or confession by a defendant that the plaintiff's cause, or part of it, is just; so, the defendant, to save expenses, permits judgment to be entered without trial.
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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.
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