PERCEPTION

perception. 1. An observation, awareness, or realization, usu. based on physical sensation or experience; appreciation or cognition. • The term includes both the actor’s knowledge of the actual circumstances and the actor’s erroneous but reasonable belief in the existence of nonexistent circumstances. 2.Roman & civil law. The act of taking into possession (as rents, profits, etc.), esp. by a bona fide possessor or usufructuary. — Also termed (in Roman law) perceptio (p<<schwa>>r-sep-shee-oh).

[Blacks Law 8th]