pone
A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courtsA writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
Meaning
4 senses(historical)A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
(historical)A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities.
(Southern US, countable, historical, uncountable)A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
(US, historical)The last player to bet or play in turn.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English pone, from Anglo-Norman pone, from Late Latin pone, from LatInherited from Middle English pone, from Anglo-Norman pone, from Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative of pōnere (“to place”).
Borrowed from Powhatan apones, appoans (“bread”), from Proto-Algonquian *apwa·n (“thing which has been baked or roasted”), whence also Abenaki abôn (“bread”).
Perhaps borrowed from Latin ponere.
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