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COGNISANCE OF PLEAS

Legal Term: COGNISANCE OF PLEAS
Definition: Eng. law. A privilege granted by the king to a city or town, to hold pleas within the same; and when any one is impleaded in the courts at Westminster, the owner of the franchise may demand cognisance of the plea. T. de la Ley.


***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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