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Stet
Definitions
- 1 A symbol used by proofreaders and typesetters to indicate that a word or phrase that was crossed out or changed should remain as it was.
"I believe the word "stet" is unnecessary and confusing; that it is used only on the margin when something has has been crossed off in the body of the text and is also used only with the dots (the stet marks ........) placed under the words in the body of the matter to be stetted—or to let stand as they were."
- 2 An order staying all proceedings in an action. especially
"("To be eligible for a stet, the defendant must waive his right to a speedy trial.") (stating that when a prosecutor "stets" a case, the state is declining to prosecute it"
- 1 To let (edited material) stand, or remain as it was. transitive
"Stet that colon."
- 2 direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained wordnet
- 3 To stay all proceedings in an action.
"A protest has been set up by the Maryland Board of Pharmacy against the action of the state's attorney in stetting three indictments against M. A. Potocki, of Baltimore, who was on trial on five charges of violating the medical practice act"
- 4 cancel, as of a correction or deletion wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin stet (“let it stand”), an inflection of stō (“I stand”).
Borrowed from Latin stet (“let it stand”), an inflection of stō (“I stand”).
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