PACE
(redirected from sets the pace)Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Idioms, Encyclopedia.
Related to sets the pace: in the wrong, not a chance, gunning for, a case in point, so much for, worse for wear
PACE
abbreviation for POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE Act.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
PACE. A measure of length containing two feet and a half; the geometrical pace is five feet long. The common pace is the length of a step; the geometrical is the length of two steps, or the whole space passed over by the same foot from one step to another.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.