▪ I. ‖ pais
[= OF. pais, F. pays country]
in the phrase trial per pais: see country 7.
| 1664 Spelman's Gloss. s.v., Trial per pais. 1706 in Phillips. 1766 Blackstone Comm. II. xix. 294 Common assurances..By matter in pais, or deed; which is an assurance transacted between two or more private persons in pais, in the country. 1768 Ibid. III. xxiii. 349 The nature and method of the trial by jury; called also the trial per pais, or by the country. |
▪ II. pais
obs. f. pace, peace.
▪ III. pais
var. peise.