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i⋅dem

  [ahy-dem, id-em]
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–pronoun, adjective
the same as previously given or mentioned.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L īdem
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i·dem   (ī'děm')   
pron.   Abbr. id.
Something that has been mentioned previously; the same.

[Latin, from id, it; see i- in Indo-European roots.]
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Main Entry: idem
Pronunciation: 'I-d&m, 'E-dem
Function: pron
Etymology: Latin, same
: something previously mentioned : the same authority —used in citations to cases and other works to refer to an immediately preceding reference —compare INFRA, SUPRA
NOTE: Idem is usually used in the form of its abbreviation id. Bally, the plaintiff also claimed…403 Mass. at 720-21. The [court] denied the claim…Id. at 721 —Railroad T. Gerwatowski>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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