Abbreviation · Signs
What does &c. mean?
et cetera
and so on: the clerk leaves out the rest of a known formula
Meet oftenUsually left as writtenUnit 11
You’ll find it in registers, wills, inventories, deeds, letters, court records and accounts.
Transcribers usually keep this one as it is written rather than spelling it out.
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Create a free Leo accountTaught in unit 11. Standard members get the whole course.
Listed in Jones, abbreviation tables (1688).