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COGNITIONIS CAUS-FFI Definition & Legal Meaning

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In Scotch practice. A name given to a judgment or decree pronounced by a court, ascertaining the amount of a debt against the estate of a deceased landed proprietor, on cause shown, or after a due investigation. Bell.

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