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in pais

American

[in pey] / ɪn ˈpeɪ /

adverb

Law.

outside of court; without legal proceedings.

Etymology

Origin of in pais

< Anglo-French: in (the) country

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in pais

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 Barnes, William Horatio

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