Populus
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
'' Pertaining or belonging to, or obtaining among, the people in general. A "popular action" is maintainable by any persc« who will sue for the penalty provided for in the case.
See Action.
2, Popular.
The "popular sense " of words used in a statute is the sense in which they Are understood by persons conversant with the subject-matter. ^