cognizable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COGNIZABLE, adjective 1. That falls or may fall under judicial notice; that may be heard, tried, and determined; as, a cause or action in cognizable before the circuit court. These wrongs are cognizable by the ecclesiastical courts. 2. That falls or may fall under notice or observation; that may be known, perceived or apprehended. The cause of many phenomena is not cognizable by the senses.
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