Holding it taut upon the blade of my knife, I cut through at the crease, and thus divided it into two Moieties of equal length, each two feet long.
"The Boy Tar"
Mayne Reid
This much shall I exact from your friendship, in his favor; the necessary sum may be divided, in Moieties, between you; a common bond shall render the affair compact; and then, as we shall be masters of our own secret, there can be little doubt of the prudence of our measures.
"The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas"
James Fenimore Cooper
A brother by the same father excluded the mother from the succession to both sons and daughters, but a sister by the same father came in equally with the mother; and where there were both a brother and a sister by the same father, as well as a mother who was entitled by number of children, the brother excluded the mother, and divided the inheritance in equal Moieties with the sister.
"The Institutes of Justinian"
Caesar Flavius Justinian