sc.

Adverb

scilicet (not comparable)

1. Namely, to wit, as follows.
   • As in ejectment, where the declaration is of a demise the second of January, and that the defendant afterwards, scilicet, the first of January ejected him, here the scilicet may be rejected, as being contrary to what went before.1792, Dr. Burn's Law Dictionary, volume 2
2. Done in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction for the documented act.
3. Used parenthetically to supply information which is not given in the portion of text being quoted, but is clearly given by its context, such as for quoted pronouns with unquoted antecedents.

Noun

scene (countable and uncountable, plural scenes)

1. The location of an event that attracts attention.
   • the scene of the crime
2. (archaic) The stage.
   • They stood in the centre of the scene.
3. The decorations; furnishings, and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set.
   • to paint scenes
4. A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
   • The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes.
5. The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.
   • In Troy, there lies the scene.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
6. A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
   • He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe.

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