in folio

  • 61folio —    in traditional legal practice, a unit of quantity for the words in a legal document. In the U.S., a folio is 100 words; in Britain it is 72 or 90 words, depending on the type of document. In the days before mechanical copying, clerks were paid …

    Dictionary of units of measurement

  • 62folio — A leaf of a book or manuscript. A page number. In the ancient lawbooks it was the custom to number the leaves, instead of the pages; hence a folio would include both sides of the leaf, or two pages. The references to these books are made by the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 63folio — A leaf of a book or manuscript. A page number. In the ancient lawbooks it was the custom to number the leaves, instead of the pages; hence a folio would include both sides of the leaf, or two pages. The references to these books are made by the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 64folio — A large sheet of paper folded so as to form two leaves, making available four pages for a manuscript or book numbered on both sides of the leaves. A unit for the measurement of the length of a legal document; in the United States, a page of one… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 65folio — I. noun (plural folios) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, ablative of folium Date: 15th century 1. a. a leaf especially of a manuscript or book b. a leaf number c. a page number d. an identifying reference in accounting used in posting 2 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 66folio recto — ► locución ARTES GRÁFICAS Primera página de un folio, cuando solo ella está numerada …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 67folio — s m 1 Conjunto de hojas encuadernadas, generalmente del tamaño de medio pliego 2 En folio Del tamaño de medio pliego 3 Numeración de las páginas de un libro …

    Español en México

  • 68Folio — Fo|lio 〈n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Abk.: Fol.〉 1. 〈Zeichen: 2°〉 Buchformat, bei dem der Druckbogen nur einmal gefaltet wird 2. Blatt im Geschäftsbuch od. einer Handschrift [Etym.: verkürzt <lat. in folio »in Blatt(größe)« <folium »Blatt«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 69Folio — Fo|lio das; s, Plur. ...ien [...i̯ən] u. s gekürzt aus lat. in folio »in einem Blatt« zu lat. folium, vgl. 1↑Folie>: 1. (veraltet) Buchformat in der Größe eines halben Bogens (gewöhnlich mehr als 35 cm); Zeichen 2°; Abk.: fol., Fol. 2.… …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 70folio — fo|li|o [ fouli,ou ] noun count TECHNICAL 1. ) a book made with very large pages: a folio volume 2. ) a loose page or sheet of paper …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English