et seq.
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English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing of Latin et seq., an abbreviation variously of et (“and”) sequens (“the following item”), sequente (“in what follows”), sequentes and sequentia (“the following items”), or sequentibus (“in the following items”).
Phrase edit
- (law, used in page references) And what follows, and following, and in the following [pages, sections, &c.].
- See p. 87 et seq.
- Covered in Code Section 123 et seq.
Usage notes edit
Indicates at least one following page, section, etc. Some style guides prefer et seqq. if multiple following items are intended but the pluralized form is generally unnecessary.
Synonyms edit
- f., ff. (“and the following pages”)
- – (with a following blank space representing the indeterminate end)
See also edit
- et alibi (“and elsewhere”)
- et passim (“and elsewhere throughout”)
- etc. (“and so on; and other things”)
Further reading edit
- “seq, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1912.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation of et sequens or et sequentia
Phrase edit
- and the following (pages or items in a list)