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Term: demidietas
Definition: Demidietas means half or a moiety in Law Latin. It refers to a portion that is equal to half of something. For example, if you have a pizza and you cut it in half, each half is a demidietas of the whole pizza.
demidietas
Demidietas means half or a moiety in Law Latin.
The examples illustrate that demidietas refers to a half or a portion that is equal to half of something. In the first example, demidietas is used to describe the portion of the estate that the person inherited, which is half. In the second example, demidietas is used to describe the portion of the profits that were distributed, which is also half.