FOLIO (properly the

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• ABLATIVE (Lat. ablativus, sc. cases, from ablatum, taken away)

ablative

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• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the

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• LAT

Lat.

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• FOLIUM

folium,

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• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf, but also frequently an

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• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Ital. foglio)  , a term in bibliography and printing, with reference either to the size of paper employed, or of the book, or to the pagination . In the phrase " in folio " it means a sheet of paper folded once, and thus a book bound up in sheets thus folded is a book of the largest size and is known as a " folio " (see BIBLIOGRAPHY) . Similarly, " folio " is one of the sizes of paper adapted to be thus folded (see PAPER) . In book-keeping the word is used for a page in a ledger on which the credit and debtor account is written; in law-writing, for a fixed number of words in a legal document, used for measurement of the length and for the addition of costs . In Great Britain, a "folio "is taken to contain 72 words, except in parliamentary and chancery documents, when the number is 9o .