Monday, December 21, 2009
What does the footnote ';id.'; mean in legal documents?
Ibid. (Latin, short for ibidem, ';the same place';) is the term used to provide an endnote or footnote citation or reference for a source that was cited in the preceding endnote or footnote. It is similar in meaning to idem (meaning something that has been mentioned previously; the same abbreviated ';Id.,'; which is commonly used in legal citation.