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cognitionis causa tantum (kog-nish-ee-oh-nis kaw-z<<schwa>> tan-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin “for the purpose of ascertaining a debt against the estate”] Scots law. A creditor’s action against a deceased debtor’s estate to ascertain the amount of the debt. [Blacks Law 8th]

cognitionibus mittendis (kog-nish-ee-oh-n<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>s mi-ten-dis). [Latin “cognizance of pleas to be released”] Hist. A writ ordering a justice of the Common Pleas to certify a fine that the justice had imposed but refused to certify. [Blacks Law 8th]

cognitio (kog-nish-ee-oh), n. [fr. Latin cognoscere “to know”] 1.Hist. The acknowledgment of a fine, or the certificate of such an acknowledgment. 2.Roman law. See COGNITIO EXTRAORDINARIA. Pl. cognitiones (kog-nish-ee-oh-neez). COGNITIO EXTRAORDINARIA cognitio      extraordinaria    (kog-nish-ee-oh ek-stror-di-nair-ee-<<schwa>>    or ek-str<<schwa>>-or-). [Latin] Roman law. A type of legal proceeding, arising at the beginning of the Empire, in…

cognatus (kog-nay-t<<schwa>>s), n. & adj.[Latin] Roman law. A cognatic relative; a person related to another by a common ancestor. — Also termed cognate. Cf. AGNATUS. Pl. cognati. [Blacks Law 8th]

22 cognation (kog-nay-sh<<schwa>>n), n.1. Relationship by blood rather than by marriage; relationship arising through common descent from the same man and woman, whether the descent is traced through males or females.“ ‘Cognation’ is … a relative term, and the degree of connexion in blood which it indicates depends on the particular marriage which is selected as…

cognatio (kog-nay-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. The relationship between people having a common ancestor; a blood relationship; cognates. Cf. AGNATIO. [Blacks Law 8th]

cognatic (kog-nat-ik), adj. (Of a relationship) existing between cognates. — Also termed cognate. [Blacks Law 8th]

cognati. See COGNATUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

cognate offense.See OFFENSE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

cognate nuisance.See NUISANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]