videlicet
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Dallas and Walton, of counsel for Watson, denied that the words could be rejected, though laid under a videlicet, as they were material, and they were not repugnant to anything that went before.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
In St. Dogmell’s parish, Pembrokeshire, there is a tump which bears the name of ‘Cnwc y Celwydd,’ videlicet, the Tump of Lies.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
The poor world is almost six thousand years old, and in all this time there was not any man died in his own person, videlicet, in a love-cause.
From The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by Shakespeare, William
Adv. in explanation &c. n.; that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words. literally, strictly speaking; in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer English; more simply.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Then the Hon. Percival made a speech he half repented of later; videlicet, when he woke next morning.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
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