c.
See also: C. and Appendix:Variations of "c"
English
Etymology
In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”).
Noun
c.
- (chiefly law) Chapter.
- 1885, "Pound" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XIX, p. 648:
- 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:
- City.
- (informal) cancer.
- Cent(s).
French
References
- Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français (1934), “Abréviations et signes usuels”, page 1,720/1, s.v. ‘c.’
German
Abbreviation
Lower Sorbian
Portuguese
Synonyms
- (abbreviations): c., ca., ca, cca.
- (other terms): aproximadamente, por volta de, em torno de, perto de, mais ou menos
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