COGNOVIT ACTIONEM

By SovConn | April 28, 2014

cognovit actionem (kog-noh-vit ak-shee-oh-n<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin “he has confessed the action”] A de-fendant’s written acknowledgment of the plaintiff’s claim, authorizing the plaintiff to take a judgment for a named sum; a cognovit. [Blacks Law 8th]

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