单词 | per pares |
释义 | † per paresadv. Law. Obsolete. Esp. with reference to a criminal trial: by one's peers. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [adverb] > by one's social equals per pares1593 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) iii. xiii. 189 Neither are they of the Iurie to bee accounted as witnesses; but are as a kinde of Iudges of the fact. Therefore in Magna Charta, it is called Iudicium per pares. 1643 J. Bramhall Serpent Salve 138 It is a great doubt how a Commoner in case of Treason can be tryed in Parliament per pares by his Peeres. 1695 Bp. E. Gibson tr. W. Camden Brit. (1753) I. col. 254 Causes in this Court were not tried per Pares according to the Common Law, but after the method of the Civil Law. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §159. 120 His Lordship had stood his Trial per Pares. 1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 38 All criminals should be try'd per pares, by their equals. 1790 N. Webster Coll. Ess. & Fugitiv Writings xxiii. 293 This opinion..adds no small weight to my conjectures respecting the origin of trial per pares. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adv.1593 |
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