Present participle of cognosce; the act of taking judicial notice or officially examining something in a legal context.
Present participle of 'cognosce,' from Latin 'cognoscere,' used in legal contexts to describe ongoing judicial examination.
Judges are constantly 'cognoscing' things in court—officially recognizing facts or evidence—but the word is so formal that lawyers usually just say 'taking judicial notice' instead!
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