In pleading. To confide to; to rely upon; to submit to. As in the phrase, “the said defendant puts himself upon the country;” that is, he trusts his case to the arbitrament of a jury.
In pleading. To confide to; to rely upon; to submit to. As in the phrase, “the said defendant puts himself upon the country;” that is, he trusts his case to the arbitrament of a jury.