Definition for MOI'TE-TY

MOI'TE-TY, n. [Fr. moitié; L. medietas; It. meta; Sp. mitad.]

The half; one of two equal parts; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods or of profits; the moiety of a jury or of a nation. Clarendon. Addison.

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