Pawnor

One who, being liable to an engagement, gives to the person to whom he is liable a thing to be held as a security for the payment of his debt or the fulfillment of his liability. PAX (Lat.) In old English law. Peace; the peace. A state of order and quiet, in the preservation of which the whole community was concerned; otherwise called the "king's peace" (pax regis), he being the principal conservator of the peace of the kingdom.

1 Bl. Comm. 268, 349, 350.

Qiiod pax nostra teneatur, that our peace be maintained.

Magna Carta, 9 Hen. III. c. 35.

The term occurs also in, feudal law.

Feud. Lib. 2, tits. 27, 58.

Freedom from molestation by another. Fleta, lib.

2, c. 51, §§ 2, 3.

The privilege of a member of a legislative assembly.

See 1 Bl. Comm. 165.

PAX ECCLESIAE (Law Lat.) In old English law. The peace of the church. See "Peace of God and the Church." ■ A particular privilege attached to a church; sanctuary (q. v.) Crabb, Hist. Eng. Law, 41; Cowell. PAX REGIS (Lat.) The peace of the king. That peace or security for life and goods which the king promises to all persons under his protection. Bracton, lib.

3, c. 11; 6 Rich. II. St. 1, c. 13.

In ancient times there were certain limits which were known by this name. The pax regis, or verge of the court, as it was afterwards called, extended from the palace gate to the distance of three miles, three furlongs, three acres, nine feet, nine palms, and nine barleycorns (Crabb, Com. Law, 41); or from the four sides of the king's residence, four miles, three furlongs, nine acres in breadth, nine feet, nine barleycorns, etc. (LL. Edw. Conf. c. 12 et LL. Hen. I.)