单词 | to put oneself upon one's country |
释义 | > as lemmasto put oneself upon one's (also the) country 1. transitive. = to put on —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2. Chiefly (now only) reflexive. Frequently in to put oneself upon one's (also the) country (see country n. 7). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > commit oneself to the verdict of to put on ——a1425 to put upon ——a1470 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 165 Yondir is a knyght..Lette hit be putt uppon hym, and as he demeth hit, so shall hit be. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xxiii. 83 Thou..hast beene endicted of such a felonie and thereof arraigned, thou hast pleaded not guiltie, and put thy selfe vpon God and thy Countrie, they haue found thee guiltie. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides (1679) 110 And for his Tryal hath put himself upon God and the Countrey, which Countrey you are. 1793 ‘A Barrister at Law’ Treat. Law & Proc. Cases High Treason iv. 118 A peer cannot waive his trial by peers, and put himself upon the country, that is upon twelve freeholders. 1811 W. Scott in Misc. Prose Wks. (1835) XVII. xii. 307 The verses prefixed announce a determination in the author to step out of the common road of composition, and to put himself upon his country for the issue of his trespass. 1965 Times 7 Dec. 13/3 In criminal offences a man has the right to ‘put himself upon the country’. < as lemmas |
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