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c. en · ADP

Etymology

In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”).

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of circa.
   alt of circa
   • The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250.

Translations (15)

da ca. (abbreviation of circa) · eo ĉ. (abbreviation of circa) · ca ca. (abbreviation of circa) · pl ca (abbreviation of circa) · de ca. (abbreviation of circa) · cs cca (abbreviation of circa) · fo uml. (abbreviation of circa) · ca c. (abbreviation of circa) · sv ca (abbreviation of circa) · is u.þ.b. (abbreviation of circa) · it ca. (abbreviation of circa) · nl ca. (abbreviation of circa) · pl ok. (abbreviation of circa) · el περ. (abbreviation of circa) · is ca. (abbreviation of circa)

c. en · NOUN

Etymology

In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”).

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of chapter or chapters.
   alt of chapter
   alt of chapters
   • By the statute 1 and 2 Phil. and Mary c. 12 (1554), no distress of cattle can be driven out of the hundred where taken unless to a pound within 3 miles of the place of seizure. Where cattle are impounded the impounder is bound to supply them with sufficient food and water (12 and 13 Vict. c. 92, and 17 and 18 Vict. c. 60)… 1885, "Pound" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XIX, p. 648
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of city.
   alt of city
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, informal) Abbreviation of cancer.
   alt of cancer
4. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of cent or cents.
   alt of cent
   alt of cents
5. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of century.
   alt of century
   • 17th c.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of cell phone.
   alt of cell phone
7. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of copyright.
   alt of copyright
   • Published: 1913, c.1909