These sample sentences are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word «folio.» The opinions expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. He visited us several times in Thorpe and was exceptionally good and in a good mood, with a sketchbook or folio always in hand. 1. A sheet. In the old books of law, it was customary to number the sheets instead of the pages; Therefore, a folio would contain both sides of the leaf or both sides. References to these books are made by the folio number, with the letters «a» and «b» added to show which of the two sides is intended; so «Bracton, crazy. 100a. 2. A large book format, in which the page is obtained only once in the cover by folding the sheet of paper once. Many of the old law books are folios.3. When calculating the length of written legal documents, the term «folio» refers to a number of words that are legally set at a hundred in some states. The term «folio» when used as a measure of arithmetic costs or remuneration, or in a court case, means one hundred words, counting any number necessarily used as a word; and any part of a folio, if there is no complete folio in the whole design or illustration, and if there is a surplus to the last folio, is calculated as a folio.

Gene. St. Minn. 1S78, c. 4, Note: According to legal regulations, a folio usually consists of 100 words. «Folio.» dictionary Merriam-Webster.com, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folio. Retrieved 29 September 2022. In nearly 25 years, Priore has stolen about 320 media from the library, severely damaging many atlases and folios. It was a medium-sized folio of 1,090 pages and sold for three Rix dollars per copy. Folio volumes with copper plates were written on it; and are not yet all glued in tape boxes or inserted into spills. Like yacht and horse racing, winemaking is a very expensive business, says Michael Mondavi, founder of Folio Wines. The fourth folio appeared in 1685 or 21 years after the third folio.

Now, if we double the last 16, it gives us the date of the second folio in 32 and 32 gives us conversely the date of the first folio. Powered by Black`s Law Dictionary, Free 2nd ed. and The Law Dictionary.