Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
peace . - noun In law, the people from among whom a jury is taken.
- noun In archaeology, a garment worn by the ancient Britons, and perpetuated in the belted plaid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O. E. Law) The country; the people of the neighborhood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, law The
country ; thepeople of theneighbourhood .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Last week's term was estoppel in pais, which is defined as: equitable estoppel:
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Last week's term was estoppel in pais, which is defined as: equitable estoppel:
Legal Definitions 2009
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Last week's term was estoppel in pais, which is defined as: equitable estoppel:
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Last week's term was estoppel in pais, which is defined as: equitable estoppel:
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The French have a similar sound in the word pais, and in their e masculine.
A Grammar of the English Tongue Samuel Johnson 1746
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We looked the use of the word pais in Matthew and Luke and saw how the only way that the Centurion's servant could be a male lover would be if he was a child.
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There still subsist in some provinces in France, which are called pais d etats, an humble local imitation, or rather mimicry, of the great etats, as in Languedoc, Bretagne, etc.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Puerto Rico es nuestro "pais", our country; even Congress has stated Puerto Rico "belongs to, but is not a part of" the United States.
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1 The term "paedobaptist" derives from the Greek pais, meaning child or infant.
SharperIron 2010
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En cuanto a las bases estadounidenses en Colombia, disiente en forma absoluta con la postura antinorteamericana que tiene el gobierno de mi pais (Cristina Fernández de Kirschner) y creo que es una decisión soberana de Colombia el permitirlas o no.
Global Voices in English » Colombia: The Extraordinary UNASUR Meeting in Bariloche 2009
fbharjo commented on the word pais
Greek meaning servant or child
January 19, 2014