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Term: PAYS
Definition: Pays refers to two different things. In Law French, it means the country or a jury. In Roman law, patria means a person's home area or fatherland. It can also refer to a specific area within a country, like a county or neighborhood. In historical contexts, patria can also mean a jury, like when a defendant "puts himself upon the country."
Pays (pay or pays), n. [Law French] refers to the country or a jury. In Roman law, patria (pay-tree-uh or pa-tree-uh) means a person's home area or fatherland. It can also refer to the country or a specific area within it, such as a county or neighborhood. In historical context, patria can also refer to a jury, as when a defendant "puts himself upon the country" (ponit se super patriam).
These examples illustrate how pays and patria can refer to both a country and a jury, and how patria can also refer to a person's home area or a specific area within a country.