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Parenthesis

Part of a sentence occurring in the middle thereof, and inclosed between marks like ( ), the omission of which part would not Injure the gramma tical construction of the reBt of the sentence, wharton; In re Schilling, 53 Fed. 81, 3 CL C. A. 440

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)