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What appear'd to be most reasonably under his Cognizance was the licensing or refusing new Plays, or striking out what might be thought offensive in them: Which Province had been for many Years assign'd to his inferior Officer, the Master of the Revels; yet was not this License irrevocable; for several Plays, though acted by that Permission, had been silenced afterwards.
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume II 1889
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"Cognizance" refers to the quality of knowing: not only do appearances become manifest to consciousness, but they are also known, or cognized.
Interview with B. Alan Wallace, Author of Hidden Dimensions William Harryman 2009
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"Cognizance" is one of hundreds of movies known as "brickfilms" that are getting attention on YouTube and other video-sharing sites.
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'Cognizance' is here used in a heraldic sense, meaning any badge to show whose friends the wearers were.] [Note 94: The Roman people were specially yearning to avenge the slaughter of Marcus Crassus and his army by the Parthians, and Cæsar was at this time preparing an expedition against them.
The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar William Shakespeare 1590
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At trial, Hardesty testified that he had been a practicing member of the Church of Cognizance since 1993.
Arizona Supreme Court to decide whether there is a religious right to use marijuana 2009
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Arizona Supreme Court to decide whether there is a religious right to use marijuana 2009
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In August of last year, however, Church of Cognizance founders Dan and Mary Quaintance pleaded guilty to possession and conspiracy with intent to distribute marijuana after the U.S.
Arizona Supreme Court to decide whether there is a religious right to use marijuana 2009
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His failure to provide references, as opposed to a bombastic, self-promoting assertion of Authority and Cognizance style, forms one of a number of warning indicators setting off people's bullshit and hype and malware-type-posting detectors--and the suspicions proved to be accurate, that Mr Trafford and his endeavors are suspect.
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But Dan and Mary Quaintance, founders of the Church of Cognizance, remain confident that they will not end up behind bars.
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