释义 |
▪ I. ‖ pais [= OF. pais, F. pays country] in the phrase trial per pais: see country 7.
1664Spelman's Gloss. s.v., Trial per pais. 1706in Phillips. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. xix. 294 Common assurances..By matter in pais, or deed; which is an assurance transacted between two or more private persons in pais, in the country. 1768Ibid. III. xxiii. 349 The nature and method of the trial by jury; called also the trial per pais, or by the country. ▪ II. pais obs. f. pace, peace. ▪ III. pais var. peise. |