Pessimi Exempli
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Of the worst example. PESSONA (Law Lat.) In old English law. Mast, including acorns, nuts, and other similar produce of trees. Bracton, fol.
222b.
PETENS (Lat.; Fr. petere, to demand).
In old English law
A demandant; the plaintiff in a real action. Bracton, fols.
102, 106b; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 6, § 1.