de medietate linguae

adjective
de me·​di·​e·​ta·​te lin·​guae | \ dāˌmedēə̇ˈtätāˈliŋˌgwī\

Definition of de medietate linguae

of a jury
: constituted half of aliens and half of citizens or subjects referring to an arrangement that before 1870 might be claimed in an English civil or criminal case by one alien born or by a foreign merchant

History and Etymology for de medietate linguae

Latin, (composed) of half of (one's own) tongue

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