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bowen
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bowen asked in Education & ReferenceTrivia · 9 years ago

The double "S" symbol (not the Nazi "SS")?

....why is it that the double "s" is sometimes used as a symbol for justice? It's pictured as a the letters s, interlocking like one over the other. Any explanation will be very much appreciated.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    The section sign (§, Unicode U+00A7, HTML entity §), also called the "double S", "sectional symbol" or signum sectiōnis, is a typographical character used mainly to refer to a particular section of a document, such as a legal code.[1] It is frequently used along with the pilcrow (¶), or paragraph sign. When duplicated, as §§, it is read as the plural "sections" (§§ 13–21), much as "pp." (pages) is the plural of "p." (short for the Latin pagina). The likely origin of the section sign is the digraph formed by the combination of two S'es (from the Latin signum sectionis).

    Like the dagger (†) and double dagger (‡), it is also sometimes used to link to a footnote where the asterisk (*) is already in use on a given page; however, these usages are declining in favor of numbered footnotes, usually linked by a superscripted and/or square bracketed number.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    You are not able to give up humans from being ignorant.The reality is the swastika image is extra identified as a Nazi signal than Buddhist. I noticed that percent within the hyperlink and as quickly as I noticed it I proposal Nazi. I truthfully needed to scroll right down to the item to make certain it used to be truly and you were not seeking to pull our legs. I might in most cases name you out if I noticed you dressed in it. BUT, in case you defined to me what it fairly used to be I might concentrate, after which I'd seem it up on my phone and believe like an fool. Other humans nonetheless, have satisfaction problems related to their opinion and do not wish to listen to what you have got to say. It appears like you are simply soliciting for concern. If it is a prized ownership, go away it at house wherein you realize it's risk-free. It's now not going to be risk-free round your neck wherein humans will assault you in the event that they see it on you. I'm sorry, I recognize that is the final factor you in most cases wish to listen to and I realize you are now not dressed in a Nazi image however just a very prefer few are going to discover this. The leisure will wish to overcome the **** out of you or supply you soiled appears.

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