[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

petit \pet"it\ pe^t"y^; f. pet-e", a. f. see petty.
   small; little; insignificant; mean; -- same as petty.
   obs., except in legal language.
   1913 webster

         by what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of
         and recover a vanishing notion.          --south.
   1913 webster

   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 ma^itre. 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
petty petit constable petit jury grand jury petit larceny grand larceny 
petit ma^itre petit serjeanty petit treason 

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