Cognizance

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Cognizance may refer to:

• Cognizance, a heraldic badge, emblem or device formerly worn by retainers of a royal or noble house
• Cognizance (law), the action of taking judicial notice, satisfaction to court from the available materials as to the existence of prima facie to proceed further for any enquiry or trial.

• Cognizance (festival), the annual technical festival of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
• Church of Cognizance, a church founded in 1991