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Moiety refers to half of something. The term was generally used to refer to one-half interest in real estate, but is rarely used today. It is derived from an old French word �moiti�,� meaning half.�

Cases such as this one from Texas, explain that �the term �moiety� as used in statute providing for partition of community property in an estate means the half of anything or one-half, which may be reference to that half of the property which the testator owned.��However, the term �moiety� can be broader than just a half-interest. For example, joint tenants - two or more persons who own land by a joint title - are �said to hold by moieties.� When used this way, the term refers to any set of roughly equal parts.