mon law. Bract. fol. 48b—Contra legem terrse. Against the law of the land.—Oontra omnes gentes. Against all people. Formal words in old covenants of warranty. Fieta, lib. 3, ec 14, § 11—Contra pacem. Against the eace. A phrase used in the Latin forms of indictments, and also of actions for trespass, to signify that the offense alleged was committed against the public peace, 4. c., involved a breach of the peace. The full formula was contra em domint regis. against the peace of the lord the king. In modern pleading, in this country, the phrase “against the peace of the commonwealth” or “of the people’ is used.— Contra proferentem. Against the party who proffers or puts forward a thing. —Contra tabulas. In the civil law. Against the will, (testament.) Dig. 37, 4.—Contra vadium et P um. In old English law. Against gage and pledge. Bract. fol. 150.