HALF BLOOD, in law, the relationship of persons born of the same father but not of the same mother, which is called a consan guinean relation; or of those born of the same mother but not of the same father, which is termed uterine. In the succession to real or landed property a kinsman of the half blood inherits next after a kinsman of the whole blood in the same degree, and after the issue of such kinsman when the common ancestor is a male, but next after the common ancestor when such ancestor is a female. So that brothers consanguinean inherit next after the sisters of the whole blood and their issue; and brothers uterine inherit next after the mother.
(1) the children of parents of different races; a term usually con fined to whites and American Indians. The rise of independent half-breed tribes is "the first step toward the evolution of a distinct race" (2) A term derisively applied to cer tain Republicans of New York who in 1::1 sup ported the administration of President Garfield in opposing the party candidate for the gov ernorship of the State.
a person born of a Euro pean father and a Hindu or Mohammedan mother, or more rarely of a Hindu or Moham medan father and a European mother; an East Indian.
a British silver coin of the value of two shillings and sixpence (60 cents).
a silver coin of the United States of the value of 50 cents. Au thorized in April 1792, its coinage at a weight of 208 grains was begun in 1794; its issue was suspended from 1798 to 1800 inclusive and in 1816. In 1853 its weight was reduced to 192 grains. The half-dollar is legal tender to the amount of $10.
a gold coin of the United States of the value of $5, so called from the national emblematic bird which figures upon the reverse. Authorized in 1792 the coin age was begun in July 1795.
the name given by the Eng lish to a Seneca Indian, chieftain of an Ohio tribe, who accompanied Washington during his expeditions in 1753-54, and was present at the defeat of the French at Great Meadows.