Ponendum In Ballium
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A writ commanding that a prisoner be bailed in cases bailable. Reg. Orig. 133. PONENDUM SIGILLUM AD EXCEPTIonem. A writ by which justices were required to put their seals to exceptions exhibited by a defendant against a plaintiff's evidence, verdict, or other proceedings, before them, according to St. Westminster II. (13 Edw. I. St. 1, c. 31). PON ERE (Lat.) To put. The word is used in the old law in various connections, in all of which it can be translated by the English verb "put." See Glanv. lib. 2, c. 3. PON IT SE (Lat. puts himself).
In English criminal practice. When the defendant pleads "not guilty," his plea is recorded by the officer of the court, either by writing the words "po. se," an abbreviation of the words ponit se super patriam, puts himself upon his country, or, as at the central criminal court, non cut. 2 Den. C. C. 392. See "Arraignment."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A writ commanding that a prisoner be bailed in cases bailable. Wliart. Law Lex.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910