List of legal abbreviations

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• Columbia Law Review Association, Inc., Harvard Law Review Association, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and Yale Law Journal . The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 20th ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law Review Association.
• Garner, Brian. Black's Law Dictionary. 10th ed. St. Paul, MN: West Pub. Co., 2014.
• Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law. 4th ed., 2015.
• McGill Law Journal. Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation. 6th ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2006.
• Prince, Mary Miles. Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations. 6th ed. Buffalo, NY: Hein, 2009.
• Trinxet, Salvador. Series. A Law Reference Collection, 2011, and
• Trinxet, Salvador. Trinxet Reverse Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms, 2011, and.
• Raistrick, Donald. Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations. 3rd ed. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008. This book focuses more on British and non-American/international abbreviations.
• Kavass, World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations

Symbol

• © — Copyright, meaning someone claims ownership of the text, book, music, software, etc.
• ® — Registered Trademark
• ™ — Trademark
• § — Paragraph or section
• §§ — Paragraphs or sections

  0–9

• 1A First Amendment

• 27A Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

  A

• A. — Atlantic Reporter
• A.2d — Atlantic Reporter, 2nd Series
• a/a/o — as assignee of
• AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis
• ABA — American Bar Association
• AC — Appeal Cases
• ACC — Association of Corporate Counsel
• ad., ads., adsm. — ad sectam, at the suit of. Used in colonial and Federal Era American cases when the defendant is listed first; e.g., "John Doe v. Richard Roe" is labeled "Richard Roe ads. John Doe." The long script "S" of the period often makes this appear as "adj."
• adj. — see "ad." above.
• Ala. Admin. Code —
• Ala. Code —
• Alaska Admin. Code —
• Alaska Stat. —
• All ER — All England Law Reports
• A.L.R. — American Law Reports
• A.L.R.2d — American Law Reports, 2nd Series
• A.L.R.3d — American Law Reports, 3rd Series
• A.L.R.4th — American Law Reports, 4th Series
• A.L.R.5th — American Law Reports, 5th Series
• A.L.R.6th — American Law Reports, 6th Series
• A.L.R. Fed. — American Law Reports, Federal
• Am. Jur. — American Jurisprudence
• Am. Jur. 2d. — American Jurisprudence, 2nd Series
• Anor - Another
• Ap. const. — apostolic constitution
• Ariz. Admin. Code —
• Ariz. Admin. Reg. —
• Ariz. Rev. Stat. —
• Ark. Code —
• Art - Article
• Artt. — Articles
• Asap- As soon as possible
• A.S.S. — Acta Sanctae Sedis
• ATS — At the suit of
• Atty - Attorney

  B

• B. — baron
• B.A.P. — Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
• BFP — Bona fide purchaser
• Bla.Com. or Bl. Com. — Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
• b/o — behalf of, on behalf of; see also [|o/b/o]
• BR or B/R — Bankruptcy

  C

• c. — Canon or
• cc. — Canons or chapters
• CA — Class action
• CB — Casebook
• CBJ — California Bar journal
• CC — Commerce Clause
• CCEO — Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium, the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
• CCH — Commerce Clearing House, a publisher of case law reporters owned by Wolters Kluwer
• C-C — Counterclaim
• CE — Collateral estoppel
• CD - Closing disclosure
• CL — Common law
• CNeg — Contributory negligence
• CA # — Court of Appeals
• CA Fed. — Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Cx — Constitution
• Cx-C — Cross-claim
• Cxl — Constitutional
• Cal. Code —
• Cal. Code Reg. — California Code of Regulations
• CCR —
• CIC — Codex Iuris Canonici, the Code of Canon Law
• CIF — Coming into force
• C.F.R. — Code of Federal Regulations
• CFR — Call for Response
• CJS — Corpus Juris Secundum
• CLSA — Canon Law Society of America
• Co. Lit. or Co. Litt. — Coke on Littleton
• Cong. Rec. — Congressional Record
• Cor. — Coram, a cause heard "in the presence of" an auditor of the Roman Rota
• CRS - Congressional Research Service
• Ct. Cl. — the United States Court of Federal Claims Reporter
• C- Contract

  D

• Δ — Defendant
• DAC — Days After Contract
• d/b/a — doing business as
• Decr. — Decretum
• DLR — Dominion Law Reports
• DoCRA — Duty of Care Risk Analysis Standard

  E

• ER — Employer
• EE — Employee
• et als. — et alia, Latin for "and others"
• et seq. — et sequens, Latin for "and following"

  F

• F. — Federal Reporter
• F.2d — Federal Reporter, 2nd Series
• F.3d — Federal Reporter, 3rd Series
• F.App'x — Federal Appendix
• F.Cas. — Federal Cases 1789–1880
• Fed. Reg. — Federal Register
• Fed. R. Bankr. P. — Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
• Fed. R. Civ. P. — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Fed. R. Crim. P. — Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Fed. R. Evid. — Federal Rules of Evidence
• f/k/a — formerly known as
• F. Supp. — Federal Supplement
• F. Supp. 2d — Federal Supplement, 2nd Series

  G

• GAL - Guardian ad litem
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GC — General Counsel
• GVR — Grant, Vacate, and Remand
• NGO - Non Government Organization

  H

• HC — Hypothetical Client
• HDC — Holder in due course

  I

• I.L.M. — International Legal Materials
• IRB —
• ILRM - Irish Law Reports Monthly
• IR - Irish Law Reports
• IRC — Internal Revenue Code
• ISLN — International Standard Lawyer Number
• Instr. — Instructio, a kind of decree

  J

• J — Judge or Justice or Journal, according to jurisdiction
• JCD — Juris Canonici Doctor, Doctor of Canon Law
• JCL — Juris Canonici Licentiatus, Licentiate of Canon Law
• JJ - Judges or Justices, plural
• JMOL — Judgment as a matter of law
• JNOV — Judgment notwithstanding verdict
• Jx - Jurisdiction
• JU-disposed of by Judge
• JUST. - Justice

  L

• L/C — Letter of credit
• L.Ed - Lawyers' Edition
• L.Ed.2d - Lawyers 2nd Edition
• LL.B. – Legum Baccalaureus - Bachelor of Laws
• LLC — Limited liability company
• LL.D. – Legum Doctor - Doctor of Law
• LL.M. – Legum Magister - Master of Laws
• LLP — Limited liability partnership

  M

• MIL — Motion in limine
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding
• M.P. — motu proprio
• MPC — Model Penal Code
• MR — Master of the Rolls
• MSJ — Motion for summary judgment

  N

• NDA — Non-Disclosure Agreement
• n/k/a — Now Known As
• N.E. — North Eastern Reporter
• N.E.2d — North Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
• No. - Number
• N.W. — North Western Reporter
• N.W.2d — North Western Reporter, 2nd Series

  O

• o/b/o — on behalf of
• Ors — "Others"

  P

• ¶ — Paragraph
• Π — Plaintiff
• P. — Pacific Reporter
• P.2d — Pacific Reporter, 2nd Series
• P.3d — Pacific Reporter, 3rd Series
• p. — Page
• pp. — Pages
• PL — Public Law
• Prae. — Praenotanda
• Pub.L. — Public Law

  Q

• QDRO — Qualified Domestic Relations Order

  R

• R — Rex or Regina
• RCW — Revised Code of Washington
• R.E. or R/E — Real Estate
• Relv. — Relevant
• Rescr. — Rescriptum
• Resp. — Responsum
• Rev. Proc. — Revenue Procedure
• Rev. Rul. — Revenue Ruling
• R J -
• *Canon law: Regulæ Juris of Boniface VIII
• *Common law: Recurring Judgement.
• R.I.A.A. - Reports of International Arbitral Awards

  S

• s. — section
• sd — said
• ss. — sections
• S.C.R. — Supreme Court Reports
• S. Ct. — Supreme Court Reporter
• S.E. — South Eastern Reporter
• S.E.2d — South Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
• SCOTUS - Supreme Court of the United States
• SI — Statutory instruments
• S/J — Summary judgment
• SMJ — Subject-matter jurisdiction
• So. — Southern Reporter
• So. 2d — Southern Reporter, 2nd Series
• SOL — Statute of Limitations
• SOR — Statutory Orders and Regulations
• S.R.R. — Sacræ Rotæ Romanæ, the Tribunal of the Roman Rota
• SRRDec — Sacræ Rotæ Romanæ Decisiones
• Stat. — United States Statutes at Large
• S.W. — South Western Reporter
• S.W.2d — South Western Reporter, 2nd Series
• S.W.3d — South Western Reporter, 3rd Series

  T

• T.C. — Reported decisions of the United States Tax Court
• T.D. — Treasury Decision
• ™ or TM — Trademark

  U

• UCC — Uniform Commercial Code
• UCMJ — Uniform Code of Military Justice
• UPC — Uniform Probate Code
• U.S. —
• USC — United States Code
• USCA — United States Code Annotated
• USCCAN — United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
• USCS — United States Code Service
• UST — United States Treaties and Other International Agreements

  V

• v. — versus. Used when plaintiff is listed first on a case title. John Doe v. Richard Roe.

W

• WAC —
• WTO — World Trade Organization
• W. Va. Code —

  X

• XN - Examination in Chief
• XXN - Cross examination

  Y

Z