cognovit

English

Etymology

Latin cognovit

Noun

cognovit (plural cognovits)

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

Further reading

Cognovit in the 1879 edition of The American Cyclopædia.

Cognovit in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.
Confession of judgment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“cognovit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

cognōvit

third-person singular perfect active indicative of cognōscō

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