Peto
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
I seek; I pray; I demand.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat In Roman law. I request A common word by which a fideicommissum or trust, was created in a wllL Inst 2, 24, 3.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. In old English law. mandant's count commenced. cum pertinentiis, in tali such a one, so much land, as my dower.
In the Roman law. I request; commissum, or trust, was
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. I demand; the first word of the real action.