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Webster 1913 Edition


Petit

Pet′it

(pĕt′y̆; F. pe-tē̍′)
,
Adj.
[F. See
Petty
.]
Small; little; insignificant; mean; – Same as
Petty
.
[Obs., except in legal language.]
By what small,
petit
hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion.
South.
Petit constable
,
an inferior civil officer, subordinate to the high constable.
Petit jury
,
a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes at the bar of a court; – so called in distinction from the
grand jury
.
Petit larceny
,
the stealing of goods of, or under, a certain specified small value; – opposed to
grand larceny
. The distinction is abolished in England.
Petit maître
.
[F., lit., little master.]
A fop; a coxcomb; a ladies’ man.
Goldsmith.
Petit serjeanty
(Eng. Law)
,
the tenure of lands of the crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc.
Petit treason
,
formerly, in England, the crime of killing a person to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as one's husband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not distinguished from murder.

Webster 1828 Edition


Petit

PETIT

,
Adj.
pet'ty. Small; little; mean.
This word petit is now generally written petty.
Petit constable, an inferior civil officer subordinate to the high constable.
Petit jury, a jury of twelve freeholders who are empanneled to try causes at the bar of a court; so called in distinction from the grand jury, which tries the truth of indictments.
Petit larceny, the stealing of goods of the value of twelve pence, or under that amount; opposed to grand larceny.
serjeanty, in English law, the tenure of lands of the king, by the service of rendering to him annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, lance, &c.
Petit treason, the crime of killing a person, to whom the offender owes duty or subjection. Thus it is petit treason for a wife to kill her husband, or a servant his lord or master.

Definition 2024


pétit

pétit

See also: petit, Petit, and pētīt

Norman

Adjective

pétit m

  1. Alternative form of p'tit (small)