Scilicet is a Latin word formed from the two words scire, meaning to know, and licet, meaning it is permitted. Put into modern English: namely, that is to say or to wit. Scilicet is found in some of the very earliest English reports, those which have come down to us from a time when the Latin language was still the language of the court reports. For example: scilicet is found in the Plea Rolls; Pleas of Michaelmas Term for 1207; the abbreviation scil. in the Plea Rolls, Manor King's Ripton, 1288; the abbreviation sclt12' in the Plea Rolls, Civil Pleas, Michaelmas Term for 1201; the abbreviation s in the Plea Rolls, Civil Pleas for Lincolnshire Eyre for 1202; scilicet in the Coroner's Rolls of Bedfordshire for 1271. The green bag: a useless but entertaining magazine for lawyers, Volume 25, p. 60
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What Is That “SS” Thing? These two little letters appear at the beginning of virtually every affidavit filed in the United States despite the fact that nobody knows for certain what they stand for. Seriously: ‘ss’ is sometimes said to be short for scilicet (‘one may know’); other suggestions include subscripsi, sans, sacertotes, sanctissimus, Spiritus Scnctus, and sunt. Black’s Law Dictionary will only go so far as to say that it is ‘supposed to be a contraction of scilicet.’ And yet, no self-respecting lawyer will draft an affidavit without it.”
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The phrase smart as paint appears a couple of times in R L Stevenson’s book Treasure Island, the first time as: “Now, Hawkins, you do me justice with the cap’n. You’re a lad, you are, but you’re as smart as paint. I see that when you first come in.” It was only one of many versions that have been invented from the 1850s onwards, among them fresh as paint, snug as paint, clever as paint, pretty as paint, and handsome as paint. They’re all similes that draw on some special quality of paint, but smart as paint punningly combines two senses of smart — the idea of new paint being bright and fresh in appearance and that of a person who is quick-witted and intelligent. It seems to have been Stevenson’s own invention. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sma3.htm

Pope Pius V issued a papal bull titled De Salute Gregis in November 1567 which forbade fighting of bulls and any other beasts as the voluntary risk to life endangered the soul of the combatants, but it was abolished eight years later by his successor, Pope Gregory XIII, at the request of king Philip II. Bullfighting was introduced in Uruguay in 1776 by Spain and abolished by Uruguayan law in February 1912. Bullfighting was also introduced in Argentina by Spain but after Argentina's independence the event drastically diminished in popularity and was abolished in 1899 under law 2786. Bullfighting also saw a presence in Cuba during its colonial period but was quickly abolished after its independence in 1901. During the 18th and 19th centuries bullfighting in Spain was banned at several occasions (for instance by Philip V) but always reinstituted later by other governments. Several cities around the world have symbolically declared themselves to be Anti-Bullfighting Cities, including Barcelona, where the last bullfighting ring closed in 2006. On 18 December 2009, the parliament of Catalonia, one of Spain's seventeen Autonomous Communities, approved by majority the preparation of a law to ban bullfighting in Catalonia, as a response to a popular initiative against bullfighting that gathered more than 180,000 signatures. On 28 July 2010, with the two main parties allowing their members a free vote, the ban was passed 68 to 55, with 9 abstentions. This meant Catalonia became the second Community of Spain (first was Canary Islands in 1991), and the first on the mainland, to ban bullfighting. The ban takes effect in January 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfighting#Bans

Q: What's the worst U.S. airport?
A: For on-time flights, Newark Liberty International Airport is "worst of the worst." Forty of the nation's 100 most-delayed flights use it. The Wall Street Journal.
Q: In what language was the Magna Carta written, and to whom was it addressed?
A: It was was addressed, in Latin: "To the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, reeves, ministers, and to all bailiffs, and faithful subjects." U.S. Archives.
Q: What did Yogi Berra say?
A: "Even Napoleon had his Watergate." Various sources.
http://www.thecourier.com/Opinion/columns/2011/Sep/JU/ar_JU_092611.asp?d=092611,2011,Sep,26&c=c_13

Word of the Day for September 27
Veridical vuh-RID-ih-kul (adj.) Truthful, veracious; not illusory, genuine www.merriam-webster.com
Daily Quote "The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry." Jim Fowler
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