Noun

(en noun)

(colloquial, legal, US) A Roman numeral in lower case, such as “ii”, as frequently introduces list items; or , a list item introduced by such.

:The court held that romanette (ii) of the statute in issue did not limit eligibility for legal relief.

*{{quote-book, 1993, Dan K. Webb et al., Corporate Internal Investigations citation

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*{{quote-us-patent, 1999, Greg M. Kauppila and Andrew P. Tijan, Rotary valve assembly and method, 6539829, 11 citation

, passage=This can best be visualized with reference to FIGS. 5, illustrating both ends of the preferred embodiment perforation roll 12 side by side, numbered with romanette numerals i-xii corresponding to the hour positions on a clock face.}}

* 2000 January, Joseph Kimble, “A Modest Wish List for Legal Writing”, originally in TRIAL'', reprinted in ''Michigan Bar Journal , Volume 79, Number 11 (November 2000)], [http://www.michbar.org/journal/article.cfm?articleID=156&volumeID=13 pages 1574–1577,

In numbering, avoid roman numerals and romanettes (like iii ). They are too much like a foreign language.

*{{quote-book, 2001, Bryan A. Garner, Legal Writing in Plain English, page=101 citation

, passage=You'll need to use this technique almost every time you see parenthesized romanettes (i, ii, iii) or letters (a, b, c) in the middle of a contractual or legislative paragraph.}}

* 2008 , United States Supreme Court oral argument, United States v. Hayes , Case no. 07-608[http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/07-608.pdf], page 9,

*:MS. SAHARSKY: . . . not looking at this Romanette (i) and (ii), but just looking at that sentence.

*:CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Romanette ?

*:MS. SAHARSKY: Oh, little Roman numeral.

*:CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I've never heard that before. That's -- Romanette .