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heck (medicine)


heck


1. The bolt or latch of a door.

2. A rack for cattle to feed at.

3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; called also heck door.

4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.

5. An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.

6. A bend or winding of a stream. Half heck, the lower half of a door. Heck board, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. Heck box or frame, that which carries the heck in warping.

See: Hatch a half door

Alternative forms: hack.

Source: Websters Dictionary


MEDIETAS LINGUAE (law)


MEDIETAS LINGUAE. Half tongue. This expression was used to signify that a jury for the trial of a foreigner or alien for a crime, was to be composed jury for the trial of a foreigner or alien for a crime, was to be composed one half of natives and the Other of foreigners. The jury de medietate one half of natives and the Other of foreigners. The jury de medietate linguae is used in but a few if any of the United States. Dane' s Ab. vol. 6, linguae is used in but a few if any of the United States. Dane' s Ab. vol. 6, c. 182, a, 4, n. 1. Vide 2 Johns. R. 381; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 525; Bac. Ab. c. 182, a, 4, n. 1. Vide 2 Johns. R. 381; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 525; Bac. Ab. Juries, E 8. Juries, E 8.