Abbreviations Frequently Encountered
(shortened forms of spoken words or written symbols, or phrases, used chiefly in writing to represent the complete forms)
						et al., et alii					
					
						and others					
									
						et seq., et sequentes					
					
						and the following					
									
						etc., et cetera					
					
						and so forth					
									
						f. or fem.					
					
						feminine; female					
									
						f.v., folio verso					
					
						on the back of the page					
									
						ibid., ibidem					
					
						in the same place					
									
						id., idem					
					
						the same					
									
						i.e., id est					
					
						that is					
									
						in pr., in principio					
					
						in the beginning					
									
						inf., infra					
					
						below					
									
						infra dig., infra dignitatem					
					
						undignified					
									
						loc. cit., loco citato					
					
						in the place cited					
									
						loq., loquitur					
					
						he/she speaks					
									
						m.m., mutatis mutandis					
					
						necessary changes being made					
									
						MS (s), MSS (pl); manuscriptum (s), manuscripta (pl)					
					
						manuscript (s), manuscripts (pl)					
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