C / cognĭtūra
noun

cognĭtūra

gen. cognĭtūrae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
the office of a fiscal agent; who looks up the debtors to the treasury; a state; a state agency
the office of a fiscal agent, who looks up the debtors to the treasury; a state's attorneyship, a state agency, Gai Inst. 4, § 124; Paul. Sent. 1, 2, § 2; Suet. Vit. 2.