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Ponere

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

L In old English law. To put; to put upon; to lay, to impose or assess; to put to, to compel; to introduce one's person; to submit to, as to a jury; to place under liability; to place among; to record one's name with others, as a juror; to substitute; to set or let; to put or set to; to affix, as a seal to an exception; to fix or assign; to put off or postpone. Ponere ad legem: to put to his law. Ponere in respectum: to put in respite. Ponere per ballium: to put by bail.