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Not to be confused with AtScript.

Adscript (from Latin ad, on or to, and scribere, to write) means something written after, as opposed to subscript which means written under.[1]

A laborer was called an "adscript of the soil" (adscriptus glebae) when he could be sold or transferred with it, as in feudal days, and as in Russia until 1861.[1]

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  1. ^ a b  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Adscript". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 218.


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