Moiety
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The half of anything: as, if a tdstator bequeath one moiety of his estate to A, and the other to B, each shall take an equal part. Joint tenants are said to hold by moieties. Littleton 125; 3 C. B. 274, 283.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The half of anything. Joint tenants are said to hold by moieties. Litt 125; 3 C. B. 274, 283.
— Moiety acts. A name sometimes applied to penal and criminal statutes which provide that half the penalty or fine shall inure to the benefit of the informer.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A half; one of two equal parts.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
One-half; but generally spoken of an undivided half. Two joint tenants are said to take by moieties; that is, each is entitled to half. The duty laws of Congress have sometimes provided that, on a successful prosecution for smuggling, one-half the penalty or forfeiture should be divided among the informers and officers through whose efforts the whole was secured; and these perquisites have been called informer's moieties.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
The half of any thing. Joint tenants are said to hold by moieties. Lit. 125.