cognizable

comparative more cognizable · superlative most cognizable · alternative cognisable

1. Capable of being known or perceived.
2. lawWithin the jurisdiction of a particular court.

   But there are many cases involving the question of federal power which are not cognizable before the federal courts; and, of course, as to these, we must look out for some other umpire.

   1840, Abel Upshur, A Brief Enquiry into the Nature and Character of our Federal Government, Campbell, page 64