PONIT SE SUPER PATRIAM

By SovConn | April 16, 2014

ponit se super patriam (poh-nit see s[y]oo-p<<schwa>>r pay-tree-<<schwa>>m orpa-tree-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “he puts himself upon the country”] Hist. A defendant’s plea of not guilty in a criminal action. — Abbr. po. se. See GOING TO THE COUNTRY; PATRIA(3).

[Blacks Law 8th]

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