conusance

Nearly a century later, in 1353-54, we find Edward III issuing a writ commanding justices of the peace of the county of Cambridge to allow the Chancellor of the University the conusance and punishment of all trespasses and excesses, except mayheim and felony, committed by stationers, writers, bookbinders, and illuminators, as had been the custom.

Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911

"If the goods are taken by a trespasser, of whom the bailee has conusance, he shall be chargeable to his bailor, and shall have his action over against his trespasser."

The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888

But if a tenant for life or years claims the fee, as by jdning the mise upon the mere right; or if he affirms the fee to be in a stranger, as by accepting a fine sur conusance de droit come ceo from a stranger, it is a forfeiture* See post.

The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary Upon Littleton: Not ... 1812

They were each to send two barons to represent them in parliament; they were, by their deputies, to hear the canopy over the king's head at his coronation, and to dine at the uppermost table, on his right hand, in the great hall; they were exempted from subsidies and other aids; their heirs were free from personal wardship, notwithstanding any tenure; they were to be impleaded in their own towns, and nowhere else; they were to hold pleas and actions real and personal; to have conusance of fines; and the power of enfranchising villeins; they were exempt from tolls, and had full liberty of buying and selling, with many other privileges of less importance.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 574, November 3, 1832 Title Various