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Wit

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To know. See To wit; Videlicet.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To know; to learn; to be informed. Used only in the infinitive, to-wit, which term is equivalent to "that is to say," "namely," or "videlicet."

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

wyt, wyte, witt. In Saxon, old English and Scots law. Know; to know; to have knowledge of.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

i To know, have knowledge of. To "wit explains what precedjes, being equivalent to " that is to say," "more particularly," "namely," ''videlicet." - See Videre, Videlicet. Wittingly. Relating to the wit or understanding; knowingly, designedly.^ Knowingly, with knowledge, by design.*