in pais
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of in pais
< Anglo-French: in (the) country
Example Sentences
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They are estopped," said he, "both by matter of record and matter in pais.
From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes
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