de medietate linguae
adjective
de me·di·e·ta·te lin·guae
dāˌmedēə̇ˈtätāˈliŋˌgwī
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
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“De medietate linguae.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/de%20medietate%20linguae. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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