a. Law. Obs. [a. AF. conusable, conis(s)able, = OF. conois(s)able, in mod.F. connaissable capable of being known or taken knowledge of, f. stem of conus-ant, conuis-ant, mod.F. connaiss-ant: see CONUSANT.] An earlier form of COGNIZABLE in the legal sense: Capable of being judicially examined or tried; subject to the jurisdiction of a law-court.
a. 1691. Bp. Barlow, Rem., 365 (T.). One of those courts where matrimonial causes are conusable.
1694. R. Coke, Crt. & State Eng., I. 391. Causes connusable at Common Law.
