Moiety
41moiety — /moyadiy/ The half of anything. Joint tenants are said to hold by moieties. See also community property Compare entirety …
42moiety — see MITTEN …
43moiety — n. (pl. ies) Law or literary 1 a half. 2 each of the two parts into which a thing is divided. Etymology: ME f. OF moiteacute, moitieacute f. L medietas tatis middle f. medius (adj.) middle …
44moiety 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 …
45moiety 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 …
46Moiety Act — An act of Congress providing for the forfeiture of smuggled goods and for an equal division of them between the informer and the government. United States v Auffmordt (DC NY) 19 F 893 …
47Lesion beyond moiety — is a civil law term used to describe the ability of a seller of immovable property to rescind that sale if the price paid for the property is less than (usually half of) the actual value of the property at the time of the sale.Louisiana Civil… …
48carbohydrate moiety — a carbohydrate derived portion of the structure of a molecule …
49advowson of the moiety — The right of two patrons each to present a clerk or parson to the same church …
50by a moiety and not by all — A phrase descriptive of the nature of possession of tenant in common. 20 Am J2d Coten § 26 …
