Decreet Cognitionis Causa
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Decreet cognitionis causa, when a creditor brings his action against the heir of his debtor in order to constitute the debt against him and attach the lands, and the heir appears and renounces the succession, the Court then pronounces a decree cognitionis causa, Bell's Scots Law Dict
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