† medietas linguaen.

Forms: 1600s–1800s medietas linguae, 1700s mediatus linguae, 1700s medietatem linguae.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medietas linguae.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin medietas linguae (1661 in the passage translated in quot. 1734) < classical Latin medietās mediety n. + linguae , genitive of lingua tongue, speech (see lingual adj.).In form medietatem linguae in quot. 1734 showing the Latin accusative singular form.

Law. Obsolete.

A jury impaneled for the trial of a foreigner, of which half the members are also foreigners. See jury de medietate linguae at jury n. 2e.

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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > composed of two classes of jurors > half English half foreign

party-jury1662

medietas linguae1696

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Medietas Linguæ, an Inquest impanelled upon any cause, whereof one part consisteth of Denizens, the other of Strangers.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Mediatus Linguae, or Party-Jury,..whereof the one half consists of Denizens, the other of Strangers, and is used in Pleas, where one Party is a Denizen, and the other Stranger.

1734 T. Barlow tr. D. Jenkins Eight Cent. of Rep. (ed. 2) 216 An Alien indicted for Treason shall not have Medietatem Linguæ, but he shall for any Felony: The Reason is; there was no Medietas Linguæ at Common Law.

1839 J. Bouvier Law Dict. U.S.A. II. 111/1 Medietas Linguæ, Half tongue. This expression was used to signify that a jury for the trial of a foreigner or alien for a crime, was to be composed one half of natives and the other of foreigners. The jury de medietate linguæ is used in but a few if any of the United States.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	medietas linguae
释义	† medietas linguaen. Forms: 1600s–1800s medietas linguae, 1700s mediatus linguae, 1700s medietatem linguae. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medietas linguae. Etymology: < post-classical Latin medietas linguae (1661 in the passage translated in quot. 1734) < classical Latin medietās mediety n. + linguae , genitive of lingua tongue, speech (see lingual adj.).In form medietatem linguae in quot. 1734 showing the Latin accusative singular form. Law. Obsolete. A jury impaneled for the trial of a foreigner, of which half the members are also foreigners. See jury de medietate linguae at jury n. 2e. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > composed of two classes of jurors > half English half foreign party-jury1662 medietas linguae1696 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Medietas Linguæ, an Inquest impanelled upon any cause, whereof one part consisteth of Denizens, the other of Strangers. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Mediatus Linguae, or Party-Jury,..whereof the one half consists of Denizens, the other of Strangers, and is used in Pleas, where one Party is a Denizen, and the other Stranger. 1734 T. Barlow tr. D. Jenkins Eight Cent. of Rep. (ed. 2) 216 An Alien indicted for Treason shall not have Medietatem Linguæ, but he shall for any Felony: The Reason is; there was no Medietas Linguæ at Common Law. 1839 J. Bouvier Law Dict. U.S.A. II. 111/1 Medietas Linguæ, Half tongue. This expression was used to signify that a jury for the trial of a foreigner or alien for a crime, was to be composed one half of natives and the other of foreigners. The jury de medietate linguæ is used in but a few if any of the United States. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1696
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