et. al.

[Sunder Poovananathan]

Dear Pencilers,

 

Have you come across the words "et. al.". Here is the meaning for that.

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.

Eg: the phrase "IBM, Microsoft, HP, et. al." means "IBM, Microsoft, HP and others."

 

 

Regards,

Sunder

 

[Guhan]

Here is my wrd -> for example we use eg., which is EXAMPLIA GRACIA ,
the greek wrd for "example".

:)

On Apr 12, 10:17 am, "Sunder Poovananathan"

<sunder.poovananat...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Dear Pencilers,
>
> Have you come across the words "et. al.". Here is the meaning for that.
>

> 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