“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers…

An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

Legal Abbreviations

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

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