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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.