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BILINGUIS, English law (law) and quoits (sh)


BILINGUIS, English law (law)


BILINGUIS, English law. One who uses two tongues or Languages. Formerly a jury, part Englishmen and part foreigners, to give a verdict between an jury, part Englishmen and part foreigners, to give a verdict between an Englishman and a foreigner. Vide Medietas Linguae, Plowd. 2. It is abolished Englishman and a foreigner. Vide Medietas Linguae, Plowd. 2. It is abolished in Pennsylvania. Act April 14, 1834, Sec. 149. in Pennsylvania. Act April 14, 1834, Sec. 149.

quoits (sh)




Game in which flattened rings of iron or circles of rope (both called quoits) are thrown at an upright pin (hob) in an attempt to ring it or come as near to it as possible.

Quoits may have been played in Roman-occupied Britain (1st-5th century AD), and it may have given rise to horseshoe pitching.