Contra Pacem
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. Against the peace. Contra pacem domini regis; against the peace of the lord the king. Phrases used in indictments, and in civil actions of trespass to signify that the acts complained of are committed against the peace of the lu Dg or public peace. 1 Ckitt. PL 388. "Against the peace of the people/' or "commonwealth/' is the phrase used in American law.
Levns U. S, Crim, Law, 644—686.
By the ancient law, in all peculiar jurisdictions, offences were said to be done against his peace in whose court they were tried; in a court leet, contra pacem domini (against the peace of the lord); in the court of a corporation, contra pacem ballivorum (against the peace of the bailiffs); in the sheriff 's court or tourn, contra pacem vice comitis, (against the peace of the sheriff.) 1 £L Com, 117.
Bract, foL 146 b.
See Paa, Peace,