单词 | per pais |
释义 | per paisadv. Law. Now historical. Esp. with reference to a criminal trial: before or by one's fellow countrymen, esp. as represented by a jury. Chiefly in trial per pais. Cf. country n. 7 and the note there. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [adjective] > by local jury per pais1614 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial > trial by jury visnet14.. assize1487 trial per pais1614 jury-trial1821 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 280 Speciall Bastardie is triable per Pais. 1665 S. Euer (title) Tryals per pais; or, the law concerning juries. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xxiii. 349 The nature and method of the trial by jury; called also the trial per pais, or by the country. 1828 D. le Marchant Rep. Claims to Barony of Gardner p. xxxvi The tenant in possession offered issue, either in grand assize or per pays. 1910 C. McIlwain High Court Parl. iii. 177 It was the common belief of the countryside, and so this mode of trial was spoken of as ‘per pais’. 2001 Las Vegas (Nevada) Rev.-Jrnl. (Nexis) 2 July 6 b The clear meaning of an ‘impartial jury’ to the men who wrote the Bill of Rights was a jury selected ‘per pais’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1614 |
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