Pax
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
I.
In old English law
Peace; the peace and quiet, otherwise called the king's peace, conservator of the peace; freedom from of a member of a legislative assembly. the church; a particular privilege attached Pax regis: the king's peace; a place tection; a space afterwards called the verge from the palace gate a distance of three acres, nine feet, nine palms and nine barley