Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pais"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pais \Pa`is\, n. [OF. pu["i]s, F. pays, country.] (O. E. Law)
The country; the people of the neighborhood.
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
country, or jury.
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