Provided by Connie Everitt

The following list includes initials you may come
across when reading old wills or other documents:

a.a.s.      died in the year of his/her age (anno aetitis suae)
d.s.p.      died without issue (decessit sine prole legitima)
d.s.p.l.    died without legitimate issue (decessit sine prole
mascula supesita)
d.s.p.m.s.  died without surviving male issue (decessit sine
prole mascula supersita)
d.s.p.s     died without surviving issue (decessit sine prole
supersita)
d.unm       died unmarried
d.v.p.      died in the lifetime of his father (decessit vita patris)
d.v.m.      died in the lifetime of his mother (decessit vita matris)
Et al       and others (et alia)
Inst        present month (instans)
Liber       book or volume
Nepos       grandson
Nunc        Nuncapative will, an oral will, written by a witness
Ob          he/she died (obit)
Relict      widow or widower (relicta/relictus)
Sic         so or thus, exact copy as written
Testes      witnesses
Utl         late (ultimo)
Ux          or vs wife (uxor)
Viz         namely (videlicet)