from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pone \Po"ne\ (p[=o]"n[=e]), n. [L. pone, imper. of ponere to
place.]
1.
(a) An original writ, now superseded by the writ of
certiorari, for removing a case from an inferior court
into the Court of Exchequer.
(b) An obsolete writ to enforce appearance in court by
attaching goods or requiring securities.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (pron. p[=o]n) (Card Playing) The player who cuts the
cards, being usually the player on the dealer's right.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PONE, English practice. An original writ issuing out of chancery, for the
purpose of removing a plaint from an inferior court into the superior courts
at Westminster. The word signifies "put;" put by gages, &c. The writ is
called from the words it contained when in Latin, "Pone per vadium et salvos
plegios," &c. Put by gage and safe pledges, &c. See F. N. B. 69, 70 a;
Wilkinson on Replevin, Index.