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scil.
abbreviation for
- to wit; namely (used especially on legal documents, as an affidavit, pleading, etc., to verify the place of action).
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of scil.1
Example Sentences
Ad quartam precariam quod vocatur hungerbedrip quilibet de tenentibus domini preter Henricum de Chaus inveniet unum hominem ad metendum et habebunt semel in die cibum, scil. panem et potum et unum ferculum secundum quod serviens illius loci providere placuerit, et caseum.'
Claudius, C. xi, 52, a: 'et libere tenentes sui qui tenent per socagium debent unam sectam ad frendlese hundred, scil. ad diem Sabbati proximum post festum St. Michaelis.'
Et Robertus uenit et dicit quod nec ipse nec antecessores unquam communam habuerunt in Locke nisi post gwerram et per vim etc. scil. post gwerram motam inter regem S. et homines suos.'
Domesday of St. Paul's, 26: 'Et ad precariam carucarum arabit unam rodam scil. quartam partem acre sine cibo.'
Scil, an abbreviation of scilicet.
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