Dimidietas
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The moiety or half.of a thing. DIMINUERE (Lat.) In old English law. To lessen or diminish; to take away, leave out, or omit. De recordo diminuere; to take from, or diminish a record. Bract., fol.
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