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et alii (and others)


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An abbreviated form of et alia, Latin for "and others." When affixed after the name of a person, et al. indicates that additional persons are acting in the same manner, such as several plaintiffs or grantors.

When et al. is used in a judgment against defendants, it means that the quoted words are applicable to all the defendants.

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(et ahl)

An abbreviation of the Latin et alii, meaning “and others.” “She was accompanied by the vice president, the secretary of state, et al.”

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and others (et alii)

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The adverb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neutral plural) when referring to a number of people
  Synonyms: et al., and others

Meaning #2: used as an abbreviation of `et alibi' when referring to other occurrences in a text
  Synonyms: et al., and elsewhere


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