1. (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

2. (n.) Recollection; recognition.

3. (n.) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies.

4. (n.) The hearing a matter judicially.

5. (n.) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done.

6. (n.) A form of defense by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another.

7. (n.) The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.

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