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Meaning

1. Medieval Latinmorphemeuncommonscribal abbreviation of -et
   Nos ul̵ ſi exͣ̃ Regnum fu͛im᷒ capiꞇal̵ Iuſi͠c n͠r miꞇꞇem᷒ ꝺuoſ Juſi͠ꞇ ꝑ unumqͤmqꝫ Comiꞇaꞇũ ꝑ qͣ̃ꞇuoꝛ V⟨ices⟩ i⟨n anno⟩ qui cum qͣ̃ꞇuoꝛ miliꞇibꝫ cuiuſlib& comiꞇaꞇ᷒ elecꞇis ꝑ comiꞇaꞇum capianꞇ in comiꞇaꞇu & in ꝺie & loco comiꞇaꞇ᷒ aſſiſas preꝺicꞇaſWe, or, if we may have been outside the Kingdom, our chief justice, will dispatch two justices to each county four times per year who, with four knights of each county elected by that county, may hold in the county, on such day and in such place, the aforementioned county assizes.1215, Magna Carta (Charter Cotton Augustus II. 106):