et seq.

Et seq. is defined as an abbreviation for the Latin phrase et sequentes which means "and the following."

(abbreviation)

  1. An example of et seq. is what is put after the first entry in a list in a contract; item number 123, et seq.
  2. An example of et seq. is pointing out your friends coming in the door behind you at a restaurant.

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See et seq. in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. Origin: L et sequens

    and the following
  2. Origin: L et sequentes or et sequentia

    and those that follow

See et seq. in American Heritage Dictionary 4

abbreviation
Latin
et sequens (and the following one or ones)

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