To "marshal" two or more coats of arms is to combine them in one shield, to express inheritance, claims to property, or the occupation of an office. This can be done in a number of ways, of which the simplest is impalement: dividing the field "per pale" and putting one whole coat in each half. Impalement replaced the earlier dimidiation – combining the dexter half of one coat with the sinister half of another – because dimidiation can create ambiguity between, for example, a bend and a chevron. "Dexter" (from Latin "dextra", right) means to the right from the viewpoint of the bearer of the arms and "sinister" (from Latin "sinistra", left) means to the left. The dexter side is considered the side of greatest honour (see also Dexter and sinister).