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See also:FOLIO (properly the See also:ablative See also:case of the See also:Lat. See also:folium, See also:leaf, but also frequently an See also:adaptation of the Ital. foglio) , a See also:term in bibliography and See also:printing, with reference either to the See also:size of See also:paper employed, or of the See also:book, or to the pagination . In the phrase " in See also:folio " it means a See also:sheet of paper folded once, and thus a book See also: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 See also:page in a See also:ledger on which the See also:credit and debtor See also:account is written; in See also:law-See also:writing, for a fixed number of words in a legal document, used for measurement of the length and for the addition of See also:costs . In See also:Great See also:Britain, a "folio "is taken to contain 72 words, except in See also:parliamentary and See also:chancery documents, when the number is 9o . |
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