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Et Sic

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

And so. In the Latin forms of pleading these were the introductory words of a special conclusion to a plea in bar, the object being to render it positive and not argumentative; as et sic nil debet.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. And so. The commencement of a formula, (as, et sic nil debet, et sic non est factum,) formerly used as a special conclusion to a plea in bar, in order to render it positive, and to avoid the fault of argumentativeness. Archb. Civ. PI, 224. Mansel on demurrer, 75.