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FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

FOLIO (properly the See also:
ABLATIVE (Lat. ablativus, sc. cases, from ablatum, taken away)
ablative See also:
CASE
CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)
case of the See also:
LAT
Lat. See also:
FOLIUM
folium, See also:
LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)
leaf, but also frequently an See also:
ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)
adaptation of the Ital. foglio) , a See also:

TERM

term in bibliography and See also:

PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing, with reference either to the See also:

SIZE

size of See also:

paper employed, or of the See also:

BOOK

book, or to the pagination. In the phrase " in folio " it means a See also:

SHEET

sheet of paper folded once, and thus a book See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound up in sheets thus folded is a book of the largest size and is known as a " folio " (see BIBLIOGRAPHY). Similarly, " folio " is one of the sizes of paper adapted to be thus folded (see PAPER). In book-keeping the word is used for a See also:

page in a See also:

LEDGER (from the English dialect forms liggen or leggen, to lie or lay; in sense adapted from the Dutch substantive logger)

ledger on which the See also:

CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit and debtor See also:

account is written; in See also:

law-See also:

writing, for a fixed number of words in a legal document, used for measurement of the length and for the addition of See also:

COSTS

costs. In See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, a "folio "is taken to contain 72 words, except in See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary and See also:

CHANCERY

chancery documents, when the number is 9o.

End of Article: FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

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