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And this may lead to the farther Query, whether dimidiation was originally or universally resorted to in the case of coheiresses?

From Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

It touches the question of dimidiation or impalement in the coat of mine uncle, Sir John Leighton of Shropshire, who took unto wife the widow of Sir Henry Oglander of Nunwell.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Dimidiation.—Is the practice of dimidiation approved of by modern heralds, and are examples of it common?

From Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

That this singular shield is a dimidiation of two antient coats cannot be doubted.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony