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Medietas Linguae

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In old practice. Moiety of tongue; half -tongue. Applied to a jury, impaneled in a cause, consisting the one-half of natives, and the other half of foreigners.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. Half-tongue, v. Bilinffuis.