et seq.

English

Alternative forms

• seq., sq.
• & seq., & seqq.

Etymology

Borrowing of Latin et seq., an abbreviation variously of et (“and”) sequens (“the following item”), sequente (“in what follows”), sequentes and sequentia (“the following items”), or sequentibus (“in the following items”).

Phrase

et seq.

1. (law, used in page references) And what follows, and following, and in the following [pages, sections, &c.].

   See p. 87 et seq.

   Covered in Code Section 123 et seq.

Usage notes

Indicates at least one following page, section, etc. Some style guides prefer et seqq. if multiple following items are intended but the pluralized form is generally unnecessary.

Synonyms

• f., ff. (“and the following pages”)
• – (with a following blank space representing the indeterminate end)

See also

• et alibi (“and elsewhere”)
• et passim (“and elsewhere throughout”)
• etc. (“and so on; and other things”)

Further reading

• “seq, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1912.

Latin

Etymology

Abbreviation of et sequens or et sequentia

Phrase

et seq.

1. and the following (pages or items in a list)