De Medietate Linguae
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Medietas Linguae." DE MEDIO (Lat. of the mesne). A writ in the nature of a writ of right, which lies where, upon a subinfeudation, the mesne (or middle) lord suffers his under tenant or tenant paravail to be distrained upon by the lord paramount for the rent due him from the mesne lord. Booth, Real Actions, 136; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 135; 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 234; Co. Litt. 100a. DE MELIORIBUS DAMNIS (Lat.) Of the better damages. When a plaintiff has sued several defendants, and the damages have been assessed severally against each, he has the choice of selecting the best, as he cannot recover the whole. This is done by making an election de melioribus damnis.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916