Meaning of romanette | Babel Free

Definitions

A Roman numeral in lower case, such as “ii”, as frequently introduces list items; or, a list item introduced by such.

US, colloquial

Examples

“The court held that romanette (ii) of the statute in issue⟳ did not limit⟳ eligibility for legal relief.”

“[…] (romanette (ii) in the Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation waiver-of-liability provision included in footnote 1) […]”

“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.”

“You'll need⟳ to use⟳ this technique almost every time you see⟳ parenthesized romanettes (i, ii, iii) or letters (a, b, c) in the middle of a contractual or legislative paragraph.”

“2008, United States Supreme Court oral argument, United States v. Hayes, Case no. 07-608https://web.archive.org/web/20081203011317/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/07-608.pdf, 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.”

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