Moiety
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The half of anything; as, if a testator bequeath one moiety of liis estate to A., and the other to B., each shall take an equal part. Joint tenants are said to hold by moieties.
Litt. 125; 3 C. B. 274, 283.