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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



Io. Iowa. 



I.O.F. Independent Order of For- 

 esters. 



I.O.O.F. Independent Order of Odd 

 Fellows. 



I.S.M. Jesus Salvator mundi, Jesus 

 the Saviour of the world. 



Ital. Italic; Italian. 



Jan. January. 



J.C.D. Juris Civilis Doctor, Doctor 

 of Civil Law. 



J.D. Jurum Doctor,Doctor of Laws. 



J.P. Justice of the Peace. 



Jr. or Jun. Junior. 



J.U.D. or J.V.D. Juris ufriusque 

 Doctor, Doctor of both Laws (of 

 the Canon and the Civil Law). 



Jul. July; Julius. 



Kas. Kansas. 



K.B. King's Bench ; Knight of the 

 Bath. 



K.C. King's Counsel; Knight of 

 the Crescent, in Turkey. 



K.C.B. Knight Commander of the 

 Bath. 



K.G. Knight of the Garter. 



K.G.C. Knight of the Grand Cross. 



K.G.C.B. Knight of the Grand 

 Cross of the Bath. 



Knt. Knight. 



Ky. Kentucky. 



Lev. Leviticus. 



Lex. Lexicon. 



L.I. Long Island. 



Lib. Liber, book. 



Lieut. Lieutenant. 



LL.B. Legum Baccalaureus, Bache- 

 lor of Laws. 



LL.D. Legum Doctor, Doctor of 

 Laws. 



loc. cit. Loco citato, in the place 

 cited. 



Lond. London. 



L.S. Locus sigilli, Place of the seal. 



Lt. Lieutenant. 



M. Aferidies, noon. 



M. Milte, a thousand. 



M. or Mons. Monsieur, Sir. 



M.A. Master of Arts. 



Maj\ Major. 



Maj.-Gen. Major-Generall 



Mar. March. 



Mass. Massachusetts. 



Math. Mathematics ; Mathema- 

 tician. 



Matt. Matthew. 



M.B. Medicince Jiaccalaureus, 

 Bachelor of Medicine. 



M.B. Musical Baccalanreus, Bache- 

 lor of Music. 



M.C. Member of Congress. 



Mch. March. 



M.D. MedicincK Doctor, Doctor of 

 Medicine. 



Md. Maryland. 



Mdlle. or Mile. Mademoiselle. 



Mdse. Merchandise. 



M.E. Methodist Episcopal; Mili- 

 tary or Mechanical Engineer. 



Me. Maine. 



Mech. Mechanics, or Mechanical. 



Med. Medicine. 



Mem. Memorandum. Memento, 

 remember. 



Messrs, or MM. Messieurs, Gentle- 

 men. 



Mex. Mexico, or Mexican. 



Mich. Michigan. 



Minn. Minnesota. 



Miss. Mississippi. 



MM. Their Majesties; Messieurs, 

 Gentlemen; Two thousand. 



Mine. Madame. 



M.M.S.S. Massachusettensis Medi- 

 cince Societatis Socius, Fellow of 

 the Massachusetts Medical So- 

 ciety. 



Mo. Missouri; Month. 



Mon. Monday. 



Mon/i. Monsieur, Sir. 



Mont. Ter. Montana Territory. 



M.P. Member of Parliament"; Met- 

 ropolitan Police. 



M.P.P. Member of Provincial Par- 

 liament. 



Mr. Mister. 



M.R.A.S. Member of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society; Member of the 

 Royal Academy of Science. 



M.R.C.C. Member of the Royal 

 College of Chemistry. 



M.R.C.S. Member of the Royal 

 College of Surgeons. 



M.R.G.S. Member of the Royal 

 Geographical Society. 



M.R.I. Member of the Royal Insti- 

 tute. 



Mrs. Mistress. 



M.R.S.L. Member of the Royal 

 Society of Literature. 



M.S. Memoriae sacrum. Sacred to 

 the memory; Master of the Sci- 

 ences. 



MSS. Manuscripts. 



Mus. B. Bachelor of Music. 



Mus. D. Doctor of Music. 



N. A. North America. 



N.B. New Brunswick ; North 

 British; Nota bene, mark well, 

 take notice. 



N.C. North Carolina ; New Church. 



N.E. New England ; Northeast. 



Neb. Nebraska. 



Nev. Nevada. 



New Test, or N.T. New Testament. 



N.F. Newfoundland. 



N.H. New Hampshire; New Haven. 



N.J. New Jersey. 



N.Mex. New Mexico. 



No. Numero, number. 



Nol.pros. Nolens prosequi, I am un- 

 willing to prosecute. 



Non pros. Non prosequitur, He 



does not prosecute. 



Non seq. Non sequitur, It does not 

 follow. 



Nov. November. 



N.S. New Style (after 1752); Nova 

 Scotia. 



N.T. New Testament. 



Num. Numbers; Numeral. 



N.V.M. Nativity of the \ 7 irgin 

 Mary. 



N.Y. New York. 



O. Ohio. 



O.K. A slang phrase for "All cor- 

 rect." 



Oct. October. 



Old Test, or O.T. Old Testament. 



Or. Oregon. 



O.S. Old Style (before 1752). 



O.S.F. Order of St. Francis. 



O.T. Old Testament. 



Oxon. Oxoniensis, Oxonii, of Ox- 

 ford, at Oxford. 



Oz. Ounce. 



Pa. Pennsylvania. 



Par. Paragraph. 



Pd. Paid. 



P.E. Protestant Episcopal. 



Penn. Pennsylvania. 



Per. or pr. By the. 



Per cent. Per centum, by the hun- 

 dred. 



Phar. Pharmacy. 



Ph.B. PMlotopMcB Baccalaureus, 

 Bachelor of Philosophy. 



Ph.D. Philosophice Doctor, Doctor 

 of Philosophy. 



Pinx. Pinxit, He (or she) painted it. 



PI. or plur. Plural. 



Plff. Plaintiff. 



P.M. Post meridiem, Afternoon, 

 Evening ; Postmaster ; Passed 

 Midshipman ; Paymaster. 



P.O. Post office. 



Pop. Population. 



P.P.C. Pour prendre conge, to take 

 leave. 



Pp. or pp. Pages. 



Pro tern. Pro tempore, for rlio timp 



being. 



Prov. Proverbs; Provost. 

 Prox. J'rniiiiiii, next i month >. 

 r.s. Post scriptum, Postscript. 

 P.S. Privy Seal. 

 Ps. Psalm or Psalms. 

 , Pt. Part; Pint; Payment; Point; 



Port; Post-town. 

 Pub. Publisher; Publication; J'nli 



likhed; Public. 



Pwt. Pennyweight; Pennyweights. 

 Pxt. Pinxit, He(or she; painted it. 

 q.e.d. Quod erat demonstran<in' 



which was to be proved, 

 q.l. Quantum libet, as much as \ on 



please. 



Q.M. Quartermaster. 

 Qr. Quarter, 

 q.s. Quantum sufflcit, a sufficient 



quantity. 

 Qt. Quart. 

 Ques. Question, 

 q.v. Quod vide, which see; '/nun 



turn vis, as much as you will. 

 R. Recipe, Take ; Regina, Queen ; 



Rex, King; River; Rod; Rood; 



Rises. 



R.A. Royal Academy ; Royal Acad- 

 emician; Royal Arch ; Ro'yal Area 



num ; Roval Artillery. 

 Reed. Received. 

 Ref. Reference; Reform. 

 Rev. Reverend; Revelation (B""k 



of); Review; Revenue; Revise. 

 R.I. Rhode Island. 

 R.M.S. Royal Mail Steamer. 

 R.N. Roval Navy. 

 Rom. Cath. Roman Catholic. 

 R.S.A. Royal Society of Antiqua- 

 ries ; Royal Scottish Academy. 

 R.S.D. Royal Society of Dublin. 

 R.S.E. Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

 R.S.L. Royal Society of London. 

 R.S.V.P. Responded s'Uvous //;;.. 



Answer if you j>leg^ 

 Rt. Hon. Right Honorable. 

 Rt. Rev. Rignt KevereuC. 

 S.A. South America ; South Africa ; 



South Australia. 

 Sat. Saturday. 

 S.C. Senatus consult >nn, A decree 



of the Senate; South Carolina. 

 Sc. He (or she) engraved it. 

 sc. or scil. Namely. 

 Scot. Scotland. 

 Sculp, or sculp. He (or she> en 



graved it, Srnlpxit. 

 S.D. Doctor of Science. 

 Sec. Secretarv; Second; Section. 

 Sept. September: Septuagint. 

 Seq. Following, .S'"/"( ////<>, It, fol 



lows, Xdjuitiir. s 



Serg. Sergeant. 

 Serg. Maj. Sergeant Major. 

 S.J. Society of Jons. 

 S.J.C. Supreme Judicial Court. 

 S.P. Without issue, Sine prole. 

 Sp. Spain. 



Sq.ft. Square foot or square feet. 

 Sq. in. Square inch or inches. 

 Sq. m. Square mile or miles. 

 Sq. r. Square rood or roods. 

 Sq. yd. Square yard. 

 Sr. Sir or Senior ; Sister. 

 SS. or ss. To wit, Scilicet. 

 St. Saint; Street; Strait. 

 Stat. Statute. 



S.T.D. Doctor of Sacred Theology. 

 Ster. or Stg. Sterling. 

 S.T.P. Professor of Sacred The- 

 ology. 



Subj. Subjective. 

 Subst. Substantive. 

 Supt. Superintendent. 

 Surg. Surgeon; Surgery. 

 Surg.-Gen. Surgeon-General. 

 Surv. Surveyor. 

 Surv.-Gen. Survevor-General. 

 Syn. Synonym; SVnonymous. 



