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  • ET SEQ
    An abbreviation for et sequentia, "and the following." Thus a reference to "p. 1, et seq." means "page first and the following pages."
  • ET SIC
    And so. In the Latin forms of pleading these were the introductory words of a special conclusion to a plea in bar, the object being to render it positive and not argumentative ; as et sic nil debet.
  • ET SIC AD JUDICIUM
    And so to judgment. Yearb. T. 1 Edw. II. 10.
  • ET SIC AD PATRIAM
    And so to the country. A phrase used in the Year Books, to record an issue to the country.
  • ET SIC FECIT
    And he did so. Yearb. P. 9 Hen. VI. 17.
  • ET SIC PENDET
    And so it hangs. A term used in the old reports to signify that a point was left undetermined. T. Raym. 168.
  • ET SIC ULTERIUS
    And so on; and so further; and so forth. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 50, 127.
  • ET UX
    An abbreviation for et uxor,- "and wife" Where a grantor's wife joins him in the conveyance, it is sometimes expressed (in abstracts, etc.) to be by "A. B. et ux."
  • ETIQUETTE OF THE PROFESSION
    The code of honor agreed on by mutual understanding and tacitly accepted by members of the legal profession, especially by the bar. Wharton. Eum qui nooentem infamat, son est "quum et bonum ob earn rem condem-nari; dellcta enim noeentinm nota esse oportet et expedit. It is not just and proper More...
  • EUNDO ET REDEUNDO
    Lat. In going and returning. Applied to vessels. 3 C. Rob. Adm. 141.
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