Codes, Laws, and Organization Abbreviations
- 1A – First Amendment
- ABA – American Bar Association
- ads. – ad sectam (Latin), like v. in cases, except the defendant is listed first (e.g., Wade ads. Roe)
- A.L.R (2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th) – American Law Reports (when followed by the number it represents in the series or edition)
- BR or B/R – Bankruptcy
- CFR – Call for Response or Code of Federal Regulations
- CL – Common Law
- CNeg – Contributory Negligence
- Cs or Cx – Constitution
- IRC – Internal Revenue Code
- NDA – Non-Disclosure Agreement
- PL or Pub.L. – Public Law
- R.E. or R/E – Real Estate
- SOL – Statute of Limitations
- USC – United States Code
- WTO – World Trade Organization
Legal Term Abbreviations
- anor – Another
- art – Article
- ATS – At the suit of
- b/c – Because
- c. – Chapter
- CA – Class action
- c/a – Complaint
- CB – Casebook
- C-C – Counterclaim
- CE – Collateral estoppel
- Cx-C – Cross-claim
- DBA – Doing business as
- Et al. – And others (Latin)
- F.App’x – Federal appendix
- HDC – Holder in due course
- ISLN – International standards lawyer number
- JNOV – Judgment notwithstanding verdict
- Jx – Jurisdiction
- K – Contract
- L/C – Letter of credit
- MOU – Memorandum of understanding
- n/k/a – Now known as
- No. – Number
- Ors – Others
- P – Page
- Pet. – Petition
- Pp. – Pages
- Relv. – Relevant
- s. – Section
- sd – Said
- SI – Statutory instruments
- S/J – Summary judgment
- v. – Versus
- XXN – Cross-examination
People & Court Abbreviations
- atty – Attorney
- BFP – Bona fide purchaser
- DOA – Court of Appeals
- EE – Employee
- ER – Employer
- GC – General counsel
- J – Judge or Justice
- JJ – Judges or Justices
- LLC – Limited liability company
- LLP – Limited liability partnership
- Pet’r – Petitioner
- Pl. – Plaintiff
- Pls. – Plaintiffs
- XN – Examination in chief