PATRIA
\pˈatɹiə], \pˈatɹiə], \p_ˈa_t_ɹ_i__ə]\
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Lat. The country, neighborhood, or vicinage; the men of the neighborhood ; a jury of the vicinage. Synonymous, in this sense, with "pais." Patria laboribns et expensis non debet fatigari. A jury ought not to be harassed by labors and expenses. Jenk. Cent. 6.
By Henry Campbell Black
