Moiety title

In law, a moiety title is the ownership of part of a property. The word derives from Old French moitié, "half" (the word has the same meaning in modern French), from Latin medietas ("middle"), from medius.^[1]

In English law, it relates to parsing aspects of ownership and liability in all forms of property.^[2]

In the Australian system of land title, it typically applies to maisonettes or attached cottages whereby the owner owns a share of the total land on the title and leases a certain portion of the land back for themselves from the other owner(s). Some finance institutions do not offer loans for properties on moiety titles as security.^[3]

^ Collins Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd ed., London, 1986
^ Smith et al. v. Stokes (1 East 363. August 28, 1801). Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With Tables of the Names of the Cases and Principal Matters, p. 183.
^ Legal Services Commission of South Australia: "Titles"

[1] Collins Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd ed., London, 1986

[2] Smith et al. v. Stokes (1 East 363. August 28, 1801). Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With Tables of the Names of the Cases and Principal Matters, p. 183.

[3] Legal Services Commission of South Australia: "Titles"

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