PONIT SE SUPER PATRIAM

ponit se super patriam (poh-nit see s[y]oo-p[schwa]r pay-tree-[schwa]m orpa-tree-[schwa]m). [Latin “he puts himself upon the country”] Hist. A defendant’s plea of not guilty in a criminal action. — Abbr. po. se. See GOING TO THE COUNTRY; PATRIA(3).