Cognosce
Full definition of cognosce
Verb
- (transitive) To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent.
- 1869, Hugh Barclay, I.S.H. Laidlaw, The Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 13:... directing him to enquire whether the Person sought to be Cognosced is Insane, who is his nearest Agnate, and whether such Agnate is of lawful age ...----