petit

1. a. Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. Source: opted
2. Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. [Obs., except in legal language.] By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. South. Petit constable, an inferior civil officer, subordinate to the high constable. -- Petit jury, a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes at the bar of a court; -- so called in distinction from the grand jury. -- Petit larceny, the stealing of goods of, or under, a certain specified small value; -- opposed to grand larceny. The distinction is abolished in England. -- Petit maître (. Etym: [F., lit., little master.] A fop; a coxcomb; a ladies' man. Goldsmith. -- Petit serjeanty (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc. -- Petit treason, formerly, in England, the crime of killing a person to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as one's husband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not distinguished from murder. Source: webster
3. Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. [Obs.,except in legal language.]By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover avanishing notion. South.Petit constable, an inferior civil officer, subordinate to the highconstable.-- Petit jury, a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes at thebar of a court; -- so called in distinction from the grand jury.-- Petit larceny, the stealing of goods of, or under, a certainspecified small value; -- opposed to grand larceny. The distinctionis abolished in England.-- Petit maître (. Etym: [F., lit., little master.] A fop; acoxcomb; a ladies' man. Goldsmith.-- Petit serjeanty (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the crown, bythe service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, anarrow, a sword, a flag, etc.-- Petit treason, formerly, in England, the crime of killing aperson to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as one'shusband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not distinguishedfrom murder. Source: adambom
4. a. Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. Source: ecdict

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