In legal contexts, to take judicial notice of something; to examine or investigate something officially.
From Latin 'cognoscere' (to know, to examine), used in English legal terminology since medieval times to describe the formal examination of evidence or facts by a court.
This ancient legal term is still technically used in some courts when a judge formally 'cognosces' a fact—meaning they officially recognize it without requiring proof, which saves enormous amounts of time in legal proceedings!
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