Used to emphasize exactness in legal documents, avoiding ambiguity. All rights reserved idem as in the previous contract.
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Academic Reference
Common in academic writing to refer to previously cited work without repeating details. See idem, page 24, for the survey results.
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Same Context
Use 'idem' when you're referring to something in the same context, not something new. The results were consistent with those found by Jones (2019, idem).