单词 | jury of the half-tongue |
释义 | > as lemmasjury of the half-tongue half-tongue n. English Law (now historical) a jury of which one half were foreigners, formerly allowed to a foreigner tried on a criminal charge; in later use also as jury of the half-tongue. [Compare post-classical Latin medietas linguae, literally ‘half of the tongue’ (from 1554 (or earlier) in British sources).] Π 1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §61. m. 33 All atteyntes..upon any recorde wherin the triall and enquest was by half tonge. 1527 J. Rastell tr. Statutes (new ed.) f. xxiiijv And yf the furst inquest were of the halff tong the graunt iurry shalbe in the same maner wherof euer one shall haue goodis to the valew of .Cli. xi. H. vij. Capitulo vigesimo prymo. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Vv4v Medietas linguae, signifieth an enquest empaneled vpon any cause, wereof the one halfe consisteth of Denizens, the other of straungers. It is called in English the halfe tongue, and is vsed in plees, wherein the one party is a straunger, the other a denizen. 2013 Calif. Hist. 90 15/1 Colton assembled a jury akin to that which ancient law called a jury de medietate linguae (jury of the half-tongue). < as lemmas |
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