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Parium Eadem Est Ratio

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

IDEM jus. Of things equal, the reason is the same, and the same is the law. PARIUM JUDICIUM (Lat. the decision of equals). The right of trial by one's peers, i- e., by jury in the case of a commoner, by the house of peers in the case of a peer. PARK (Law Lat. parous), In Old Law. An inclosure. 2 Bl. Comm. 38. A pound. Reg. Orig. 166; Cowell. Pairk is still retained in Ireland for "pound." ^^In English Law. An inclosed chase extending only over a man's own grounds. 13 Car. II. c. 10; Manw. For. Laws; Cromp. Jur. fol. 148; 2 Bl. Comm. 38. In American Law. A piece of ground in a city or village set apart for ornament, or to afford the benefit of air, exercise, or amusement. 36 N. Y. 120.