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(transitive) To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent..
[…] directing him to enquire whether the Person sought to be Cognosced is Insane, who is his nearest Agnate, and whether such Agnate is of lawful age […]
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Cognosce means (transitive) To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent..
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[…] directing him to enquire whether the Person sought to be Cognosced is Insane, who is his nearest Agnate, and whether such Agnate is of lawful age […]
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