cognovit

English

Etymology

From Latin cognovit.

Noun

cognovit (plural cognovits)

1. (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

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of cognōscō