Moi'e-ty, n.

(or maw'e-tȳ), n. [Fr. moitié, Pr. meitat, Sp. mitad, It. medietà, meta, Lat. medietas, from medius, middle, half.] One of two equal parts; the half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation.