Pone
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Put. 1.
The initial word of the mandatory clause, in Latin, of a writ, in English practice, for removing an action frona an inferior to a superior court, commanding to " put before our justices, &c., the plaint which is in your county court," &c. The writ was hence termed a writ of pone.
2.
The initial word of the mandate, in the Latin form, of the writ of attachment formerly issued in English practice on the non-appearance of a defendant, on the return of the original writ, to compel his appearance. This writ was also called a writ of pone. It continued to be used in replevin after it was abolished in other actions.
Ponit se super patriam
Puts himself upon the country. A phrase expressing, in English criminal practice, that the defendant pleads not guilty. The plea is entered of record usually by the abbreviation po. se.