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PIX

A mode of testing coin. The ascertaining whether coin is of the proper standard is in England called “pixing” it; and there are occasions on which resort is had for this purpose to an ancient mode of Inquisition called the “trial of the pix,” before a jury of members of the Goldsmiths’ Company. 2 Steph. Comm. 540, note. Pix jury. A jury consisting of the members of the corporation of the goldsmiths of the city of London, assembled upon an inquisition of very ancient date, called the “trial of the pix.”

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