Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Pays

n. [Law French] The country; a jury. See PATRIA.

et de ceo se mettent en le pays

[Law French] Hist. And of this they put themselves upon the country. See CONCLUSION TO THE COUNTRY; GOING TO THE COUNTRY.

grand coutumier de pays et duche de Normandie

[French] Hist. A collection of the common or customary laws of the Duchy of Normandy. ( The code was probably compiled in the 13th century, and it still remains the law of Jersey, except to the extent that it has been modified by later legislation and judicial decisions. See CLAMEUR DE HARD.

loser-pays rule

See ENGLISH RULE,