Pais
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or PAYS. A French word, signifying "country." In law, matter in pais is matter of fact, in opposition to matter of record; a trial per pais is a trial by the country, — that is, by a jury.
See In Pais.