See Also: BILINGUIS, English law(law)
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downpour(2)(dictionary)
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BILINGUIS, English law (law) and downpour(1) (iou)


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.

downpour(1) (iou)



downpour noun. E19.
[from (the same root as) next.]
A pouring down; esp. a heavy fall of rain.