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Definition :

Bona patria, an assize of countrymen or good neighbours; it is sometimes called assiza bon' patri', when 12 or more men are chosen out of any part of the county to pass upon an assize. The persons composing it are called juratores, because they are to swear judicially in the presence of the party, etc., according to the practice of Scotland, Skene.