cognovit
[ kog-noh-vit ]
/ kɒgˈnoʊ vɪt /
noun
Law.
an acknowledgment or confession by a defendant that the plaintiff's cause, or part of it, is just, wherefore the defendant, to save expense, permits judgment to be entered without trial.
Origin of cognovit
1755–65; < Latin: 3rd person singular perfect of
cognōscere to recognize; see
cognizance