Put
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Pleading. To select; to demand; as, "the said C. D. puts himself upon the country;" that is, he selects the trial by jury as the mode of settling the matter in dispute, and does not rely upon an issue in law. Gould, PL c.
6, pt. 1, § 19.
In Mercantile Usage. A term of the stock markets, signifying an option to sell t& another certain goods within a specified time, at a specified price.
See Gambling Contract.