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Half-Tongue

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A jury, half of one tongue or nationality, and half of another. Vide "De Medietate Linguae," Jacob.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Speaking two languages as of a jury so composed.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A jury half of one tongue or nationality and half of another. See DE Mrpiera Te Linev 2.