De Manutenendo

Writ of maintenance. A writ which lay against a person for the offense of maintenance. Reg. Orig. 182b, 189.

J5rm. L. Lat. Writ of maintenance. A writ which lay against a person for the offence of maintenance. Reg, Orig. 189, 182 b. DE MEDIETATE LINGU-^. L. Lat. Of half tongue; i. e. half of one tongue or language, and half of another. A term applied to that particular description of jury in England, where one-half consisted of denizens or natives, and the other half of ahens, and which was allowed both in civil and criminal actions where one of the parties was an alien. Staundf, PI, Cor, Ub. 3, c. 1, 3 Bl, Com. 360. 4 Id. 352. See Bilinguis, Half tongtie. It was first introduced in favor of foreign merchants, by the statute of the staple, 27 Edw. III. st. 2, c. 8, and was extended to criminal cases by Stat. 28 Edw. III. c. 13. 2 Reeves' Hist, 395, 461. It is Still allowed in trials for felony or misdemeanour, but no longer in a civil action. Stat, 6 Oeo, IV. c. 50, ss. 3, 47. 3 Steph. Com, 696, note. 4 Id, 422. It was formerly in use in the state of New- York, but is now abolished, as it generally is throughout the United States. 2 Johns, R, 381. 1 N. Y. R, L, (1813), 334, § 24. 2 N. Y, Rev, St. [419], 339, § 53. Id, [734], 614, § 7. 6 Dane's Abr, c. 182.