trial per pais

  • 1trial per pais — A term of ancient usage for trial by the peers of the party accused. 31 Am J Rev ed Jury § 7. Trial by jury …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 2per pais, trial — /tray(a)l par pey(s)/ Trial by the country; le., by jury …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 3per pais — By the country. See trial by the county …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 4pais — (French: The country; the neighborhood.) A trial per pais denotes a trial by the country; that is, trial by jury. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. pais …

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  • 5pais — pais, pays /pey(s)/ The country; the neighborhood. A trial per pais signifies a trial by the country; that is, by jury. An assurance by matter in pais is an assurance transacted between two or more private persons in the country; that is, upon… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6Pais — Pa is (p[.a] [ e] ), n. [OF. pu[ i]s, F. pays, country.] (O. E. Law) The country; the people of the neighborhood. [1913 Webster] Note: A trial per pais is a trial by the country, that is, by a jury; and matter in pais is matter triable by the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7trial — A judicial examination and determination of issues between parties to action, whether they be issues of law or of fact, before a court that has jurisdiction. Tittsworth v. Chaffin, Mo.App., 741 S.W.2d 314, 317. A judicial examination, in… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 8pays — pais, pays /pey(s)/ The country; the neighborhood. A trial per pais signifies a trial by the country; that is, by jury. An assurance by matter in pais is an assurance transacted between two or more private persons in the country; that is, upon… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 10Operation Gladio — Emblem of Gladio , Italian branch of the NATO stay behind paramilitary organizations. The motto means In silence I preserve freedom . Operation Gladio (Italian: Operazione Gladio) is the codename for a clandestine NATO stay behind operation in… …

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