scil.

abbreviation for

1. to wit; namely (used especially on legal documents, as an affidavit, pleading, etc., to verify the place of action).

Word History and Origins

Origin of scil.¹

From the Latin word scīlicet, contraction of scīre licet “it is permitted to know”

Example Sentences

Domesday of St. Paul's, 26: 'Et ad precariam carucarum arabit unam rodam scil. quartam partem acre sine cibo.'

From Project Gutenberg

Claudius, C. xi, 52, a: 'et libere tenentes sui qui tenent per socagium debent unam sectam ad frendlese hundred, scil. ad diem Sabbati proximum post festum St. Michaelis.'

From Project Gutenberg

Ad quartam precariam quod vocatur hungerbedrip quilibet de tenentibus domini preter Henricum de Chaus inveniet unum hominem ad metendum et habebunt semel in die cibum, scil. panem et potum et unum ferculum secundum quod serviens illius loci providere placuerit, et caseum.'

From Project Gutenberg

Et Robertus uenit et dicit quod nec ipse nec antecessores unquam communam habuerunt in Locke nisi post gwerram et per vim etc. scil. post gwerram motam inter regem S. et homines suos.'

From Project Gutenberg

Scil, an abbreviation of scilicet.

From Project Gutenberg