Pa`is (?), n. [OF. puis, F. pays, country.] O. E.Law
The country; the people of the neighborhood.
⇒ A trial per pais is a trial by the country, that is, by a jury; and matter in pais is matter triable by the country, or jury.
© Webster 1913.
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