Middle English Dictionary Entry
pōne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pōne n. |
| Etymology | L pōne, impv. of pōnere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law A writ by which a legal action could be removed from an inferior court to the royal court.
Associated quotations
- [ (c1290) Britton 2 (Lamb 403)336 : En plusours maneres sount les paroles remuez hors del Counte..Mes ceo ne se deit mie fere sauntz affermer la enchesoun en mesme le bref del Pone. ]
- a1325 *Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] (Rwl B.520)lf.80 : Dai Sal ben iȝiuen to þe nexte schire to þe parties..þoru writ þat is icleped pone.