| A. |
|
Atlantic Reporter (U.S.) |
| A.L.R. |
|
American Law Reports |
| abbr. |
|
abbreviation |
| adj. |
|
adjective |
| admve.law |
|
administrative law |
| adv. |
|
adverb |
| All E.R. |
|
All England Law Reports |
| Am. Jur. |
|
American Jurisprudence |
| Ar |
|
Argentina |
| AU |
|
Australia |
| B.C.C.A. |
|
British Colombia Court of Appeal |
| B.C.R. |
|
British Columbia Reports |
| B.C.S.C. |
|
Supreme Court of British Columbia |
| borr. |
|
borrowed equivalent |
| Bo |
|
Bolivia |
| brder |
|
broader sense |
| C.B.N.S. |
|
English Common Bench Reports, New Series |
| C.C.A.N.Y. |
|
Circuit Court of Appeals (New York) |
| C.C.C |
|
Canadian Criminal Cases |
| CA |
|
Canada |
| C.A. |
|
Court of Appeal (Canada) |
| Cal.App. |
|
District Court of Appeal (California) |
| Cf.: |
|
comparison of similar terms |
| Ch |
|
Chile |
| civil proced. |
|
civil procedure |
| Cl. & Finn. |
|
Clark & Finnelly (England) |
| CLR |
|
Commonwealth Law Reports (Australia) |
| Co |
|
Colombia |
| const. |
|
constitutional law |
| comm.law |
|
commercial law |
| corp. |
|
corporate law |
| CR |
|
Costa Rica |
| criml. |
|
criminal |
| criml.law |
|
criminal law |
| criml.proced. |
|
criminal Procedure |
| Cu |
|
Cuba |
| D.L.R |
|
Dominion Law Reports (Canada) |
| de |
|
descriptive equivalent |
| DR |
|
Dominican Republic |
| Ec |
|
Ecuador |
| Engl. |
|
England |
| euph. |
|
euphemism |
| F & F |
|
Foster & Finalson (England) |
| F. |
|
Federal Reporter (U.S.) |
| fam.law |
|
family law |
| fe |
|
functional equivalent |
| Fed.R.Civil Proc. |
|
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (U.S.) |
| Fed.R.Crim Proc. |
|
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (U.S.) |
| fmal |
|
formal language |
| Gu |
|
Guatemala |
| hist. |
|
historical |
| Ho |
|
Honduras |
| I.R. |
|
Irish Reports |
| immgr. |
|
immigration law |
| init. |
|
initials |
| int. |
|
International |
| interp. |
|
interpretation usage |
| intl.law |
|
international Law |
| K.B. |
|
King's Bench (Engl.) |
| labor |
|
labor law |
| L.Ed. |
|
Lawyer's Edition. Supreme Court Reports (U.S.) |
| L.R. |
|
Law Reports |
| L.R.A. |
|
Lawyer's Reports Annotated (U.S.) |
| lat. |
|
Latin |
| law fr. |
|
Law French |
| law lat. |
|
Law Latin |
| le |
|
literal equivalent |
| lexical exp. |
|
lexical expansion |
| M.P.C. |
|
Model Penal Code (U.S.) |
| marit.law |
|
maritime law |
| max. |
|
maxim |
| mil.law |
|
military law |
| Mx |
|
Mexico |
| n. |
|
noun |
| N.B.R |
|
New Brunswick Reports |
| N.E. |
|
North Eastern Reporter (U.S.) |
| Ni |
|
Nicaragua |
| N.W. |
|
Northwestern Reporter (U.S.) |
| N.Y.S. |
|
New York Supplement |
| negot.instr. |
|
negotiable instrument |
| new |
|
Neologism |
| nrwer |
|
narrower sense |
| NZ |
|
New Zeland |
| O.L.R |
|
Ontario Law Reports (Canada) |
| O.R |
|
Ontario Reports (Canada) |
| obs. |
|
archaism |
| Opp. |
|
antonym |
| oral expr. |
|
Oral expression |
| P. |
|
Pacific Reporter (U.S.) |
| Pa |
|
Panama |
| PACE |
|
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (England) |
| Pe |
|
Peru |
| pop. |
|
popular language |
| PR |
|
Puerto Rico |
| prop.law |
|
property law |
| Py |
|
Paraguay |
| R.S.C. |
|
Revised Statutes of Canada |
| R.S.M. |
|
Revised Statutes of Manitoba |
| R.S.O. |
|
Revised Statutes of Ontario (Canada) |
| Ref: |
|
legal citations or legal reference |
| Rel: |
|
related terms or crossreferences |
| S.C. |
|
Statutes of Canada |
| S.C.A.D. |
|
Supreme Court (Provincial), Appellate Division (Canada) |
| S.C.C. |
|
Supreme Court of Canada |
| S.C.R. |
|
Supreme Court Reports (Canada) |
| S.C.t |
|
Supreme Court Reporter (U.S.) |
| S.E. |
|
South Eastern Reporter (U.S.) |
| S.N.S. |
|
Statutes of Nova Scotia |
| S.W. |
|
South Western Reporter (U.S.) |
| Scot. |
|
Scotland |
| sec.law |
|
securities law |
| slg. |
|
slang |
| So. |
|
Southern Reporter (U.S.) |
| Sp |
|
Spain |
| succession. |
|
succession law |
| Spell. |
|
spelling |
| Syn. |
|
synonym |
| tax |
|
tax law |
| traffic. |
|
traffic law |
| transpl. |
|
legal transplant |
| TRIPS |
|
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| U.C.C. |
|
Uniform Commercial Code (U.S.) |
| UCC |
|
Universal Copyright Convention |
| U.N. |
|
United Nations |
| U.S.C. |
|
United States Code |
| U.S.C.A. |
|
United States Code Annotated |
| U.S.C.S. |
|
United States Code Service |
| UK |
|
United Kingdom |
| Ur |
|
Uruguay |
| U.S. or US |
|
United States of America |
| v. |
|
verb |
| Ve |
|
Venezuela |
| vul. |
|
vulgar language |
| W.W.R. |
|
Western Weekly Reports (Canada) |
| WIPO |
|
World Intellectual Property Organization |
