romanette
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Roman (numeral) + -ette (“a diminutive”).
Noun
[edit]romanette (plural romanettes)
- (colloquial, law, typography, US) A Roman numeral in lower case, such as “ii”, as frequently introduces list items; or, a list item introduced by such.
- The court held that romanette (ii) of the statute in issue did not limit eligibility for legal relief.
- 1999, Greg M. Kauppila, Andrew P. Tijan, Rotary valve assembly and method[2], US Patent 6539829, page 11:
- This can best be visualized with reference to FIGS. 5, illustrating both ends of the preferred embodiment perforation roll 12 side by side, numbered with romanette numerals i-xii corresponding to the hour positions on a clock face.
- 2000 January, Joseph Kimble, “A Modest Wish List for Legal Writing”, originally in TRIAL, reprinted in Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 79, Number 11 (November 2000), pages 1574–1577,
- In numbering, avoid roman numerals and romanettes (like iii). They are too much like a foreign language.
- 2008, United States Supreme Court oral argument, United States v. Hayes, Case no. 07-608[4], page 9,
- MS. SAHARSKY: . . . not looking at this Romanette (i) and (ii), but just looking at that sentence.
- CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Romanette?
- MS. SAHARSKY: Oh, little Roman numeral.
- CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I've never heard that before. That's -- Romanette.