† conusant, a. and n.
(ˈkɒnjʊ-, ˈkɒnɪzənt)
Also 6 conn-.
[a. OF. conusant, conis(s)ant, conois(s) ant knowing, pr. pple. of conuistre, conoistre now connaître:—L. cognōscĕre to know.]
A. adj. An early form of cognizant, chiefly legal: Having cognizance or knowledge.
| 1651 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. vi. 48 By common intendment he is more connusant of things, then Countrey people. 1678 Hale Hist. Plac. Coronæ l, Suppose the officer should be conusant of the formalities of the law. 1792 N. Chipman Amer. Law Rep. (1871) 36 Plaintiff is conusant of his own title. 1818 Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 220 Where the party..was not conusant of the treaty. |
B. n. = conusor.
| 1741 Robinson Gavelkind v. 84 Judgment for the Conusant. Indeed the Reporter properly doubts whether the Conusance being for Part of the Rent only was good. |