Pays
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Country. Trial per pays, trial by jury (the country). See "Pais." PEACE (Law Fr, peas,' pees; hat. pax). Quiet,_ orderly behavior; the quiet, orderly behavior of the citizens or subjects of a community towards one another, and towards the government, which is said to be broken by acts of a certain kind. See "Breach of Peace." Defined in the old books, "a quiet and harmless behavior toward the king and his people." Lambard, Eiren, lib. 1, c. 2; Cowell.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
pais, I. fr.
In old English law. The or neighborhood.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
The country. Trial jon pays, is a trial by the ieee ee by jury. Vide Pats.