English Law Abbreviations in the XIX Century
The following list of abbreviations como from the book “A concise law dictionary of words, phrases, and maxims: with an explanatory list of abbreviations used in law books” (for more information about this Dictionary, read A concise law dictionary of words, phrases, and maxims.)
As the authors (Stimson, Frederic Jesup Stimson and Harvey Cortlandt Voorhees) of the above legal Dicitonary stated, by “reason of arbitrariness in coining abbreviations no list can be called complete. The following list, however, wiU be found to contain practically all for which reference will be required.”
A. C Appellate Court; Appeal Cases. iSgi A. C:
English Appeal Cases, Law Reports, 3d
series, 1891. Same in other years.
A. D American Decisions (Select Cases) ; Anno
Domini.
A. G Attorney General.
A. K. Marsh. . . . A. K. Marshall’s Kentucky Reports.
A. L. J Albany Law Journal.
A. Moo A. Moore’s English Reports, in 1 Bosanquet &
Puller.
A. R Anno Regni, — Ln the year of the reign ; Amer-
ican Reports (Select Cases).
A. & E Adolphus & Ellis’ Reports, Eng. King’s Bench;
Admiralty and Ecclesiastical.
A. & E. N. S. . ■ Adolphus & Ellis’ Reports, New Series, Eng.
Queen’s Bench, also cited Q. B.
A. & E. R. C. . . . American and English Railway Cases.
Ab Abridgment.
Ab. Adm Abbott’s Admiralty Reports, U. S. Dist. Court,
South. Dist. N. Y.
Ab. App. Dec, or
Ab. Ct. App., or
Ab. N. Y. Ct App. Abbott’s New York Court of Appeals Decisions.
4 ABBREVIATIONS
Ab. New Cas. . . Abbott’s New Cases, various New York Courts.
Ab. U. S Abbott’s Reports, U. S. District and Circuit Courts.
Abr Abridgment; Abridged.
Abs Absolute.
Ace Accord, — agrees.
Act. Acton’s Reports, Prize Causes, Eng. Privy Council.
Act. Reg Acta Regia.
Ad. & Ell Adolphus & Ellis’ Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Ad. & Ell. N. S. . Adolphus & Ellis’ Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports,
New Series, also cited Q. B.
Ad. fin Ad finem, — at or near the end.
Add Addison’s Pa. Reports.
Addams, or Add.
Eccl Addams’ Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Adj Adjudged; Adjourned.
Adm Admiralty; Admitted; Administrator.
Adm. & Ecc. . . Admiralty and Ecclesiastical, Eng. Law Reports.
Admz Administratrix.
Ads. . . . ‘ . . Ad sectam, — at suit of.
Adv. …. Advocate.
Ag Agreement; Against; Agrees.
Agra H. C. … Agra High Court Reports, India.
Aik. … Aiken’s Vermont Reports.
Al. Tel. Cas. . . . Allen’s Telegraph Cases, Amer. and Eng.
Al. & Nap. . . . Alcock & Napier’s Irish King’s^ Bench and Ex-
chequer Reports.
Ala Alabama Reports.
Ala. N. S Alabama Reports, New Series.
Ale Aleock’s Irish Registry Cases.
Ale. & N Alcock & Napier’s Irish King’s Bench and Ex-
chequer Reports.
Al., or All Allen’s Massachusetts Reports; Allen’s New Bruns-
wick Reports; Aleyn’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Allen (N. B.) . . Allen’s New Brunswick Supreme Court Reports.
All. Ser. Allahabad Series, Indian Law Reports.
Allen AUen’s Massachusetts Reports; Allen’s New Bruns-
wick Reports.
Am American; Amended; Amendment.
Am. Law Reg. . . American Law Register, Philadelphia.
Am. L. Rev. . American Law Review.
Amb Ambler’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Ames Cas. Eq. . . Ames’ Cases on Equity Jurisprudence.
Ames Cas. PI. . Ames’ Cases on Common Law Pleading.
Ames, E. & B. . Ames, Knowles, & Bradley’s Rhode Island Reports.
And Anderson’s Eng. Common Pleas and Court of
Wards Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS 5
Andr Andrews’ Eng. King’s Bench Reportg.
Ang Angell’s Rhode Island Reports.
Ang. & Dur. (R. I.) Angell & Durfee’s Rhode Island Reports.
Annaly Annaly’s Eng. Reports. Commonly cited Cas.
temp. Hardw.
Anst Anstruther’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Anth. N. P. . . Anthon’s Nisi Prius Cases, New York.
App Appeal; Appendix; Apposition; Appleton’s Maine
Reports.
App. Cas Appeal Cases, Eng. Law Reports.
App. Cas. (D. C.) , Appeal Cases District of Columbia, vol. 1.
App. Cas. (Beng.) . Sevestre & Marshall’s Bengal Reports, India.
App. Cas. Rep. . Bradwell’s Illinois Appeal Court Reports.
App. N. Z. . Appeal Reports, New Zealand.
App. Rep. Ont. . . Appeal Reports, Ontario.
Arch. L. 0.& CtPr. Archer’s Law OflBce and Court Procedure.
Archb. Sum. . . Archbold’s Sunamary of the Laws of England.
Archer, or Archer
& Hogue Archer’s Florida Reports, vol. 2.
Arg. . . . Arguendo, — in arguing, — in the course of rea-
soning.
Ariz. . . Arizona.
Ark. . . . Arkansas Reports; Arkley’s Scotch Reports.
Arkl. . . . Arkley’s Scotch Reports.
Anns. M. & O. Armstrong, Macartney, & Ogle’s Reports, Irish
Nisi Prius Cases.
Am Arnold’s Reports, Eng. Common Pleas; Arnot’s
Criminal Trials, Scotland.
Am. & H. . . . Arnold & Hodges’ Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
Am. & H. B. C. . . Arnold & Hodges’ Eng. Bail Court Reports.
Ashm. Ashmead’s Pa. Reports.
Atk. . . Atkyn’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Atl. Rep Atlantic Reporter.
Atw Atwater’s Miimesota Reports.
Austin C. C. R. Austin’s Eng. County Court Reports.
Ayl. Pan. . . . Ayliffe’s Pandects.
B. A Bachelor of Arts.
Bann. &A. . . . Bamiing&Arden’sPatentCases,U.S.CirouitCourt.
B. C Bail Court; Bankruptcy Cases.
B. C. C Lowndes & Maxwell’s Eng. Bail Court Cases;
Brown’s Eng. Chancery Cases.
B. C. R. . . . Saunders & Cole’s Eng. Bail Court Reports.
B. L Bachelor of Laws.
B. L. R Bengal Law Reports.
B. M B. Monroe’s Kentucky Reports; Burrows’ Reports
temp. Mansfield.
6 ABBREVIATIONS
B. Itlon. . B. Monroe’s Kentucky Reports.
B. Moore . Moore’s Eng. Reports.
B. N. C. . . Bingham’s New Cases, Eng.; Brooke’s New Cases,
Eng.; Busbee’s No. Car. Reports.
B. P. N. R. . . . Bosanquet & Puller’s New Reports, Eng. Com.
Pleas.
B. R Bancus Regis, — King’s Bench; Bankruptcy Re-
ports.
B. R. H. . . Cases in King’s Bench, temp. Hardwicke.
B. S Bancus Superior, — TPpper Bench.
B. & A., or B. &
Aid Barnewall & Alderson’s Eng. Reports.
B. & A Barnewall & Alderson; Barnewall & Adolphus;
Barron & Arnold; Barron & Austin; Banning
& Arden.
B. & Ad. . Barnewall & Adolphus’ Eng. Reports.
B. & B. . Ball & Beatty’s Irish Chancery Reports; Bro-
derip & Bingham’s Eng. Reports.
B. & C. . . Barnewall & Cresswell’s Eng. Reports.
B. & L. . Browning & Lushington’s Eng. Admiralty Reports.
B. & P. . . . Bosanquet & Puller’s Eng. Reports.
B. & P. W. R. . Bosanquet & Puller’s New Reports, English.
B. & S. Best & Smith’s Eng. Reports.
Bac. Abr. Bacon’s Abridgment.
Bagl. Bagley’s California Reports.
Bagl. & H. Bagley & Harmen’s California Reports.
Bail Ct. Cas. . . . Lowndes & Maxwell’s Eng. Bail Court Cases.
Bail Ct. Rep. . Saunders & Cole’s Eng. Bail Court Reports.
Bailey . Bailey’s South Carolina Law Reports.
Bailey Eq.,orBailey
Ch. . . Bailey’s South Carolina Chancery Reports.
Bald. . . . Baldwin Reports, U. S. 3d Circuit.
Bald. R. L. . Baldwin’s Railroad Law.
Ball & B. Ball & Beatty’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Banc. Sup. Bancus Superior, — Upper Bench.
Banks . . . Banks’ Kansas Reports.
Bann. . . . . Bannister’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Barb., or Barb. S.C. Barbour’s New York Supreme Court Reports.
Barb. (Ark.) . Barber’s Arkansas Reports.
Barb. Ch. . . . Barbour’s New York Chancery Reports.
Barber . . Barber’s Arkansas Reports.
Bam. . . Bamardiston’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Bam. Ch. Bamardiston’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Bam. & A., or Bam.
& Aid. . Barnewall & Alderson’s Eng. Reports.
Bam. & Ad. . . BamewaU & Adolphus’ Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS 7
Bam. & Cress. . . Bamewall & Cresswell’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Barr . . . Barr’s Pa. Reports.
Bart. Eq. . . Barton’s Suit in Equity.
Bates Ch Bates’ Delaware Chancery Reports.
Batty Batty’s Irish King’s Bench Reports.
Baxt Baxter’s Tennessee Reports.
Bay Bay’s South Carolina Reports; Bay’s Missouri
Reports.
Bay (Mo.) …. Bay’s Missouri Reports.
Beal. Cas. Cr. L. . Beale’s Cases on Criminal Law.
Beal. Cr. PI. . Beale on Criminal Pleading.
Beale Cas. Dam. . Beale’s Cases on Damages.
Beas Beasley’s New Jersey Equity Reports.
Beatt. . . . Beatty’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Beav. . . . Beavan’s Eng. Rolls Court Reports.
Bee, or Bee Adm. Bee’s Admiralty Reports, U. S. Dist. Court, South
Carolina.
Bee C, C. R. . . Bee’s Eng. Crown Cases Reserved.
Bel Bellewe’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports temp. Rich-
ard II; Bellais’ Bombay Reports; Beling’s Cey-
lon Reports.
Beling & Van. (Cey-
lon) . . Beling & Vanderatraaten’s Ceylon Reports.
Bell. (Or.) . . . Bellinger’s Oregon Reports.
Bell Ap. Cas. . . Bell’s House of Lords Cases, Scotch Appeal.
BeU C. C. Bell’s Crown Cases Reserved ; Bellais’ Civil
Cases, Bombay; Bellais’ Criminal Cases, Bom-
bay.
Bell. C. Cas. . . . Bellais’ Civil Cases, Bombay; Bellais’ Criminal
Cases, Bombay.
BeU Cas Bell’s Scotch Court of Session Cases.
Bell H. C. Cal. . Bell’s Reports, ffigh Court of Calcutta.
Bell H. L. . Bell’s House of Lords Cases, Scotch Appeals.
BeU (In.) . . . BeU’s Reports, India.
BeU Sess. Cas. . . BeU’s Cases in the Scotch Court of Session.
BeUais Bellais’ Criminal Cases, Bombay; BeUais’ Civil
Cases, Bombay.
BeUewe . . . . BeUewe’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports, temp.
Richard II.
Ben., or Bt. . . . Benedict’s Reports, U. S. Dist. Court, 2d Circuit.
Bendl Bendloe’s or New Benloe’s Eng. Common Pleas
Reports, Ed. of 1661.
Beng. L. R. . Bengal Law Reports, India.
Beng. S. D. . . . Bengal Sudder Dewanny Reports, India.
Benl. . . Benloe’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Benl. & Dal. . . . Benloe’s & Dalisou’s’Eng, Com. Pleaa Reports.
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ABBREVIATIONS
Benn. (Cal.) .
Benn. (Mo.) .
Benn. (Dak.)
Bent. . . .
Beny .
Bert. . . .
Best & S. . .
Betts Dec. . .
Bev. (Ceylon) . .
Bibb
Bick
Bick. & H. (Nev.).
Bick. (In.) . . .
Big
Big. B. N. & C.
Big. Cas. B. N. C.
Big. Torts
Big.WiUs . .
Bing. .
Binn. . . . .
Biss
Bitt
Bitt. W. & P.
Bl
Bl. C, C. . .
Bl. Com. .
Bl. D. & O.
Bl. H. . .
Bl. & How.
Bl. Pr. Ca.
Bla.R.,oTBla
Bla. Com. .
Black
Black (Ind.)
Blackf.
Blake
Bland .
Blatcht
Blatchf. & H.
Bleck. . .
Bli., or Bligh
Wm,
Bennett’s California Reports.
Bennett’s Missouri Reports.
Bennett’s Dakota Reports.
Bentley’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Berry’s Missouri Reports.
Berton’s New Brunswick Reports.
Best & Smith’s Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
Blatchford & Howland’s U. S. District Court
Reports.
Beven’s Ceylon Reports.
Bibb’s Kentucky Reports.
Bicknell’s Nevada Reports.
Bicknell & Hawley’s Nevada Reports.
Bicknell’s Reports, India.
Bignall’s Reports, India.
Bigelow on Bills, Notes, and Cheques.
Bigelow’s Cases on Bills, Notes, and Cheques.
Bigelow on Torts.
Bigelow on Wills.
Bingham’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Binney’s Pa. Reports.
Bissell’s Reports, U. S. Courts, 7th Circuit.
Bittleston’s Reports in Chambers, Q. B.
Bittleston, Wise, & Pamell’s Reports.
Black’s U. S. Supreme Court Reports.
Blatchford’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 2d
Circuit.
Blackstone’s Commentaries on English Law.
Blackham, Dundas, & Osborne’s Reports, Ireland.
Henry Blackstone’s Eng. Reports.
Blatchford & Howland’s Admiralty Reports, U. S.
Dist. Court, Southern Dist. of N. Y.
Blatchford’s Prize Cases, U. S. Dist. of N. Y.
William Blackstone’s Eng. Reports.
Blackstone’s Commentaries.
Black’s U. S. Supreme Court Reports.
Black’s Indiana Reports, vols. 30-53.
Blackford’s Indiana Reports.
Blake’s Montana Territory Reports.
Bland’s Maryland Chancery Reports.
Blatchford’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 2d
Circuit.
Blatchford & Howland’s Admiralty Reports, U. S.
Dist. Court, Southern Dist. of N. Y.
Blediley’s Georgia Reports, vols. 34^35.
Bligh’s Eng, House of Lords Reports,
ABBREVIATIONS 9
Bli. N. S., or Bligh
N. S Bligh’s Eng. House of Lords Reports, New Series.
Bomb. H. Ct. Rep. Bombay High Court Reports.
Bomb. Ser. . . . Bombay Series, Indian Law Reports.
Bond …. Bond’s Reports, U. S. Courts, Southern Dist. of
Ohio.
Boor Booraem’s California Reports.
Borr. …. Borradaile’s Bombay Reports.
Bos. & P., or Bos.
& Pul Bosanquet & Puller’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Bos. &P. N. R.,or
Bos. & PxjI. N. R. Bosanquet & PuUer’s New Reports, Eng. Common
Pleas.
Bosw Boswell’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Bosw. (N. Y.) . . Bosworth’s New York City Superior Court Reports,
vols. 14-23.
Bouin Bouhiois’ Bengal Reports.
Bourke . Bourke’s Reports, India.
Bouv., or Bouv.
L. D Bouvier’s Law Dictionary.
Bouv. Inst . . Bouvier’s Institutes of American Law.
Brad., or Bradf.
Surr. . . Bradford’s Surrogate Court Reports, N. Y.
Bradf. (Iowa) Bradford’s Iowa Reports.
Bradl. (R. I.) . – Bradley’s Rhode Island Reports.
Bradw. . . . Bradwell’s Illinois Appellate Court Reports.
Branch . . . Branch’s Florida Reports, vol. 1.
Brayt. . . . Brayton’s Vermont Reports.
Breese … . Breese’s Illinois Reports.
Brev Brevard’s South Carolina Reports.
Brew. (Md.) Brewer’s Maryland Reports.
Brew., or Brews. Brewster’s Pa. Reports.
Bridg J. Bridgmore’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Bridg. O. . . . Orlando Bridgman’s Eng. Common Pleas Re-
ports.
Blight. Brightiys Pa. Nisi Prius Reports.
Brisb. (Minn.) . Brisbin’s Minnesota Reports.
Brit. Col. S. C. . British Columbia Supreme Court Reports.
Bro. . . Browne’s Pa. Reports.
Bro. Ecc. . . Brooke’s Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Bro. N. C. . . . Brooke’s New Cases, Eng. King’s Bench.
Bro. N. P. . . . . Brown’s Eng. Nisi Prius Cases.
Bro. N. P. (Mich.) Brown’s Michigan Nisi Prius Cases.
Brock. Cas. . Brockenbrough’s Virginia Cases, vol. 2.
Brock. & H. Brockenbrough & Holmes’ Virginia Cases, vol. 1 .
Brod. & B. … Broderip & Bingham’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
10 ABBREVIATIONS
Brod. & F. . . Broderick & Freemantle’s Eng. Ecclesiastical
Brooke N. C. . . Brooke’s New Cases, Eng. King’s Bench (Bel-
lewe’s Cases, temp. Henry VIII.).
Broom Leg. Max.,
or Broom Max. Broom’s Legal Maxims.
Broun, or Broun
Just. . . Broun’s Reports, Scotch Justiciary Court.
Brown Ecc. . . Brown’s Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Brown & H.
(Miss.) …. Brown & Hemingway’s Mississippi Reports.
Brown & L. . . . Brown & Lushington’s Eng. Admiralty Reports.
Browne (Mass.) . Browne’s Massachusetts Reports, vols. 97-100.
Browne & G. . . Browne & Gray’s Massachusetts Reports, vols.
110-114.
Bni., or Bruce . Bruce’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Bry. Code PI. . Bryant on Code Pleading.
Bt Benedict’s Reports, U. S., Southern Dist. of N. Y.
Buch. Rep. .’ Buchanan’s Cape of Good Hope Reports.
Bufi. Super. Ct
(N. Y.) . . . Buffalo Superior Court Reports, of N. Y.
Bulst. . . Bulstrode’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Bunb. . . . Bunbury’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Bur. Burrow’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Burd. Part. Burdick on Partnership.
Burd. Cas. Part. . Burdick’s Cases on Partnership.
Burd. Sales . . Burdick on Sales.
Burd. Cas. Sales Burdick’s Cases on Sales.
Burd. Torts . Burdick on Torts.
Burm. L, R. . . Burmah Law Reports.
Bum Burnett’s Wisconsin Reports.
Busb Busbee’s North Carolina Law Reports, vol. 44.
Busb. Eq Busbee’s North Carolina Equity Reports, vol. 45.
Bush Bush’s Kentucky Reports.
C. A Court of Appeal; Court of Arches; Chancery
Appeals.
C. B Chief Baron; Common Bench; Eng. Common
Bench Reports, by Manning, Granger, & Scott.
C. B. N. S. … English Common Bench Reports, New Series, by
Manning, Granger, & Scott.
C. C’ Circuit Court; Chancery Cases; Crown Cases;
County Court; City Court; Cases in Chancery;
Civil Code; Cepi Corpus.
CCA U. S. Circuit Courts of Appeals Reports; County
Court Appeals, English.
C, C Chron. . . . Chancery Cases Chronicle, Ontario.
c.
C. R. . .
c.
E. Gr. . .
c.
H. Rec. .
c.
H. Rep.
c.
H. &A.
c.
J
c.
J. C. P. .
c.
J. K. B. .
c.
J.Q.B.
c.
J. U. B.
c.
L. . . .
c.
L.J
c.
L. J. N. S.
c.
L. P. Act
c.
L. R.
c.
M. R.
c.
N
c.
N. P. C.
c.
P. .
c.
P. Coop.
c.
P. C.
c.
P. Div.
c.
P. Rept.
c.
P. U. C.
c.
S. .
c.
W. Dudl. Eq.
c.
&A
c.
&F. .
c.
&J. . . .
c.
&K. . .
c.
& L. C. C.
c.
&M.
c.
& Marsh.
c.
&P. .
Ca
L. resp. . .
Cs
1. sa.
Cai. . .
Cai. Cas.
Cal. . .
CaU
Calth. .
Cam
ABBREVIATIONS 11
City Courts Reports, New York City.
C. E. Green’s New Jersey Chancery Reports, vols.
2-4.
City Hall Recorder (Rogers), New York City.
City Hall Reporter (Lomas), New York City.
Carron, Hammerton, & Allen’s New Session Cases,
English.
Chief Justice.
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.
Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench.
Chief Justice of the Upper Bench.
Common Law; Civil Law.
Central Law Journal.
Canada Law Journal, New Series.
EngUsh Common Law Procedure Act.
Common Law Reports, English.
Crompton, Meeson, & Roscoe’s Eng. Exchequer
Reports.
Code Napoleon.
Campbell’s EngUsh Nisi Prius Cases.
Code of Procedure; Common Pleas; Code Penal.
C. P. Cooper’s English Reports.
Code de Procedure Civile.
Common Pleas Division, Eng. Law Reports.
Common Pleas Reporter, Soranton, Pa.
Common Pleas Reports, Upper Canada.
Scotch Court of Sessions.
C. W. Dudley’s South Carolina Equity Reports.
Cooke & Alcock’s Irish King’s Bench and Ex-
chequer Reports.
Clark & FinneUy’s Eng. House of Lords Reports.
Crompton & Jervis’ Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Carrington & Kirwan’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Cane & Leigh’s Crown Cases.
Crompton & Meeson’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Carrington & Marshman’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Carrington & Payne’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Capias ad respondendum.
Capias ad satisfaciendum.
Caines’ Supreme Court, N. Y. Reports.
Caines’ Cases Court of Errors, N. Y.
California Reports.
Call’s Virginia Reports.
Calthorpe’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Cameron’s Upper Canada Queen’s Bench Reports,
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ABBREVIATIONS
Camp. N. P.
Can
Can. L. T. .
Can. S. C. Rep.
Cap.
Car. . . .
13 Car. n. .
Car. H. & A.
Car. & Kir. .
Car. & Mar.
Car. & P.
Carp. . .
Cart. . .
Cart. (Ind.)
Carth. .
Cary . .
Cas. . .
Cas. App. .
Cas. Eq. .
Cas. H. of L.
Cas. Pr.
(Cape
Cas. S. C.
of G. H.)
Ch. .
[1891] Ch. .
Ch. Cham. (Ont.).
Ch. Div. . .
Chamh.
Chan. . .
Chand. N. H.
Chand. (Wis.). .
Chap. Cas. Cr. L. .
Char. Merc.
Charlt.
Charlt. R. M.
Chev.
Chev. Ch., or Chev.
Eq. .
Chip. D.
Chip. N.
Chit. B. C.
Chit. Rep.
Chr. Rep. .
Campbell’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Canon; Canada.
Canadian Law Times.
Canada Supreme Court Reports.
Capitulum; Chapter.
Carolus, — Charles.
The thirteenth year of the reign of King Charles II.
Carrow, Hamerton, & Allen’s Reports, Eng. Ses-
sion Cases.
Carrington & Kirwan’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Carrington & Marshman’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Carrington & Payne’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Carpenter’s California Reports.
Carter’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Carter’s Indiana Reports.
Carthew’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Gary’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Casey’s Pennsylvania Reports.
Cases on Appeal to the House of Lords.
Cases in Equity, Gilbert’s Eng. Reports.
Cases in the English House of Lords, 1814-1819.
Cases of Practice in the Court of the King’s Bench
from Eliz. to 14 Geo. III.
Cases in the Supreme Court, Cape of Good Hope.
Chancery.
English Chancery Cases; Law Reports, 1st Series,
1891. Same in other years.
Chancery, Chambers’ Ontario Reports.
Chancery Division, Law Reports.
Chambers’ Upper Canada Reports.
Chancey’s Michigan Reports.
Chandler’s New Hampshire Reports, vols. 20, 38-44.
Chandler’s Wisconsin Reports.
Chaplin’s Cases on Criminal Law.
Charta Mercatoria.
T. U. P. Charlton’s Georgia Reports.
R. M. Charlton’s Georgia Reports.
Cheves’ South Carolina Law Reports.
Cheves’ South Carolina Chancery Reports.
D. Chipman’s Vermont Reports.
N. Chipman’s Vermont Reports.
Chitty’s Eng. Bail Court Reports.
Chitty’s Eng. Bail Court Reports.
Chamber Upper Canada Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS
13
Cin. Rep., or Cine,
(Ohio)
CI. App. . . .
Civ. Proc. R.
CI. Ch. . .
Clark ….
Clark (Ala.) .
Clark & Fin. N.
S.
Clarke (Iowa)
Clarke (Mich.)
Clarke (N. Y.)
Clayt.
Clif . & R.
Clif. & St.
Cliff. . .
Co
Co. Ct. Cas.
Co. Ct. Rep.
Co. Inst.
Co. Litt. . .
Co. P. C.
Co. Pal. .
Co. Rep.
Cobb .
Cochr.
Cocke (Ala.)
Cocke (Fla.)
Cod. Jut. Civ.
Code Civ.
Code La.
Code Nap.
Code P. .
Coke
Coke Inst.
Coke Lit.
Col. . .
Coldw. .
Cole
Cole. & C.
CoU. . .
Colq. . .
Com. . .
Com. B. .
Cincinnati Superior Court Reports.
Clark’s Eng. House of Lords Appeal Cases.
New York Civil Procedure Reports.
Clarke’s N. Y. Chancery Reports.
Clark’s Eng. House of Lords Appeal Cases.
Clark’s Alabama Reports, vol. 58.
Clark & Finnelly’s Eng. House of Lords Reports,
New Series.
Clarke’s Iowa Reports.
Clarke’s Michigan Reports.
Clarke’s New York Chancery Reports.
Clayton’s Reports, English York Assize.
Clifford & Richard’s English Locus Standi Reports.
CUfford & Stephens’ English Locus Standi Reports.
Clifford’s Reports, U. S. 1st Circuit.
Coke’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
County Court Cases, English.
County Court Reports, Pa.
Coke’s Institutes.
Coke on Littleton (1st Inst.).
Coke’s Pleas of the Crown (3d Inst.).
County Palatine.
Coke’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Cobb’s Georgia Reports.
Cochran’s Nova Scotia Reports.
Cocke’s Alabama Reports, n. s., vols. 15-18.
Cocke’s Florida Reports, vols. 14^16.
Codex Juris Civilis; Justinian’s Code.
Code Civil, or Civil Code of France.
Civil Code of Louisiana.
Code Napoleon; Civil Code.
Code P6nal.
Coke’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Coke’s Institutes.
Coke on Littleton.
Colorado Reports.
Coldwell’s Tennessee Reports.
Cole’s Iowa Reports.
Coleman & Caines’ Cases, New York.
Collyer’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Colquitt’s Reports (1 Modem Reports).
Comyn’s Eng. King’s Bench and Common Pleas
Reports.
English Common Bench Reports, by Manning,
Granger, & Scott.
14 ABBREVIATIONS
Com. B. N. S. . English Common Bench Reports, New Series, by
Manning, Granger, & Scott.
Com. P. Div. . . Common Pleas Division, Eng. Law Reports.
Comb. . . Comberbach’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Coms. . . . Comstock’s New York Ct. of Appeals Reports,
vols. 1-4.
Con Conover’s Wisconsin Reports, vols. 16-88.
Conf. Chart. . . . Confirmatio Chartarum.
Conn Connecticut Reports.
Cont. …. Contra.
Cooke (Tenn.) Cooke’s Tennessee Reports.
Cooke & AI. . Cooke & Alcock’s Irish King’s Bench Reports.
Cooley Const. L. . Cooley on Constitutional Law.
Cooley Const. Lim. Cooley on Constitutional Limitations.
Corp. Jur. Can. Corpus Juris Canonici.
Corp. Jur. Civ. Corpus Juris Civilis.
Corry. Corryton’s Calcutta Reports.
Court CI. . . U. S. Court of Claims Reports.
Court. & Macl. . Courteney & Maclean’s Scotch Appeals (6-7 Wil-
son & Shaw).
Cow Cowen’s New York Reports.
Cox, Cox Ch., or
Cox Eq. Cox’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Cox (Ark.) Cox’s Arkansas Reports.
Cox C. C, or Cox
Cr. Cas. . . . Cox’s Criminal Cases, English.
Coxe . . . Coxe’s New Jersey Law Reports, vol. 1.
Cr., or Cra. . . . Cranch’s U. S. Supreme Court Reports.
Cr.C.C.jOrCra.C.C. Cranch’s Reports U. S. Circuit Court, Dist. of
Columbia.
Cr. Cas. Res. . Crown Cases Reserved, Law Reports.
Cr. & St. . Craigie & Stewart, Scotch House of Lords Re-
ports.
Crabbe . Crabbe’s Reports, District Court of U. S., Eastern
District of Pa.
Craig. & St. . . . Craigie, Stewart, & Raton’s English House of
Lords Reports, Appeals from Scotland.
Craw. & D. . . Crawford & Dix’s Reports, Irish Circuit Cases.
Creasy (Ceylon) .’ Creasy’s Ceylon Reports.
Crim. Con. . Criminal Conversation; Adultery.
Critch Critchfield’s Ohio Reports.
Cro. . . . Croke’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Cro. Car. . Croke’s Reports temp. Charles I. (3 Cro.).
Cro. Eliz. . Croke’s Reports temp. Elizabeth (1 Cro.).
Cro. Jac. . . Croke’s Reports temp. James I. (2 Cro.).
Cromp. Exch. R. . Cr;mpton’s Eng. Exchequer Reporti,
ABBREVIATIONS
15
Cromp. M. & R. Grompton, Meeson, & Roscoe’s Eng. Exchequer
Reports.
Cromp. & J. . . . Grompton & Jervis’ Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Cromp. & M. . . Grompton & Meeson’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Crowth. (Ceylon) . Growther’s Geylon Reports.
Cruise Dig., or
Cruise R. P. . Gruise’s Digest of the Law of Real Property.
Ct. of App. . . Gourt of Appeals.
Ct. of CI. . . Gourt of Claims Reports, U. S.
Ct. of Err. . . Gourt of Error.
Ct. of Gen. Sess. Gourt of General Sessions.
Ct. of Sess. Gourt of Session.
Ct. of Spec. Sess. Court of Special Sessions.
Cul. Culpabilis, — guilty.
Cummins Cummins’ Idaho Reports.
Cun. Cunningham’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Cur. Adv. Vult Curia Advisare Vult, — the court wishes to consider
the matter.
Cur. Can. . Cursus Gancellariae.
Curry. . . Curry’s Louisiana Reports, vols. 6-19.
Curt. . . Curteis’ Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Curt. C. C. Curtis’ Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 1st Circuit.
Curt. Cond. Curtis’ Condensed Reports, U. S. Supreme Court.
Curt. Dec. . Curtis’ U. S. Courts Decisions (Condensed).
Curt. Ecc. Curteis’ Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Curt. Jut. . Curtis on the Jurisdiction of the U. S. Courts.
Cush. . . Cushing’s Massachusetts Reports.
Cushm. . Cushman’s Mississippi Reports, vols. 23-29.
Cust. de Norm. . Gustome de Normandie.
Cyc. Cyclopaedia of Law and Procedure, New York.
D. . . . Decree; D6cret; Dictum.
D. B Domesday Book.
D. C. …. District Gourt; District of Columbia.
D. C. L. . Doctor of the Civil Law.
D. Chip. . . . D. Chipman’s Vermont Reports.
D. F. & J. … DeGex, Fisher, & Jones’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
D. J. & S DeGex, Jones, & Smith’s Eng. Chancery
Reports.
D. M. & G. . . . DeGex, Macnaghten, & Gordon’s Eng. Chancery
Reports.
D. N. S Dowling’s Reports, New Series, Eng. Bail Court
Reports.
D. P Domus Procerum, — House of Lords.
D. S Deputy Sheriff.
D. & B. C. C. . . Dearsly & Bell’s Eng. Crown Cases Reserved.
D. & C. . . . Dow & Clark’s Eng. House of Lords Reports.
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D. &E.
D. & J. . .
D. & J. B. .
D. & L. . .
D. & M. .
D. & P. . .
D. & R. . .
D. & R. N. P.
D. &S. . .
D. & Sm. .
D. & Sw. .
D. & W. .
D. & War. .
Dak.
C
Dal. . .
Dale Ecc. .
Dall. . .
DaU. (Tex.)
Daly . . .
Dan.
Dana . . .
Dane Abr. .
Danner . .
Das.
Dav. . . .
Dav. (U. S.).
Dav. & M.
Daveis
Davis Rep.
Day . . .
DeG. . . .
DeG. F. & J.
DeG. J. & S.
DeG. M. & G
DeG. & J.
DeG. & Sm.
Dea. & Sw.
Deady . .
Deane . .
Deane Ecc.
Dears.
Dears. & B.
ABBREVIATIONS
Durnford & East, Eng. King’s Bench, Term
Reports.
DeGex & Jones’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
DeGex & Jones’ Eng. Bankruptcy Reports.
Dowling & Lowndes’ Eng. Bail Court Reports.
Davison & Merivale’s Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
Dennison & Pearce’s Eng. Crown Cases.
Dowling & Ryland’s Eng. King’s Bench -Reports.
Dowling & Ryland’s Eng. Nisi Prius Cases.
Doctor and Student.
Drew & Smales’ Eng. V. C. Reports.
Deane & Swabey, Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Drury & Walsh’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Drury & Warren’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Dakota Reports.
Dalison’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports, (Benloe
& Dalison).
Dale’s Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Dallas’ Reports, U. S. Supreme Court, and Pa.
Courts.
Dallam’s Texas Reports.
Daly’s New York Common Pleas Reports.
Daniels’ Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Dana’s Kentucky Reports.
Dane’s Abridgment.
Danner’s Alabama Reports, vol. 42.
Dasent’s Common Law Reports, vol. 3.
Davies’ Irish King’s Bench Reports.
Daveis’ Reports, U. S. Dist. of Maine (2d Ware).
Davison & Merivale’s Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
Daveis’ Reports, U. S. Dist. of Maine.
Davis’ Sandwich Island Reports.
Day’s Coimecticut Reports.
DeGex’s Eng. Bankruptcy Reports.
DeGex, Fisher, & Jones’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
DeGex, Jones, & Smith’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
DeGex, Macnaghten, & Gordon’s Eng. Chancery
Reports.
DeGex & Jones’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
DeGex & Smale’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Deane & Swabey’s Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Deady’s Reports, U. S. Dist. of Oregon.
Deane’s Vermont Reports.
Deane’s Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Dearsly’s Crown Cases Reserved.
Dearsly & Bell’s Crown Cases Reserved.
ABBREVIATIONS
17
Deas & And.
Deft
Del
Del. Ch. . .
Del. Cr. Cas.
Delehanty .
Dem
Den., or Denio . .
Den. C. C. .
Dens. . .
Des., Dess., or
Dessaus. .
Dev.,orDev.Ct. CI.
Dev. Eq.
Dev. L. . .
Dev. (W. C.)
Dev. & B. Eq.
Dev. & B. L. . . .
Dewitt . .
Di. (or Dy.)
Dice (Ind.)
Dicey Part.
Dick.
Diet
Dig.
Dill.
Dill. Mun. Corp,
Disn.
Div.
Div. & Matr. C.
Doct. & Stud. .
Dods.
Dom., or Domat
Domesd.
Donn.
Dor. (Quebec )
Doug
Doug. (Mich.)
Dow, or Dow P. C.
Deas & Anderson’s Scotch Court of Session
Cases.
Defendant.
Delaware Reports.
Delaware Chancery Reports.
Delaware Criminal Cases, by Houston.
Delehanty’s New York Miscellaneous Reports.
Demarest’s New York Surrogate Reports.
Denio’ s New York Reports.
Denison’s Crown Cases.
Denslow’s Michigan Reports.
Dessaussure’s South Carolina Reports.
Devereux’s Reports, U. S. Court of Claims.
Devereux’s North Carolina Equity Reports, vols.
16-17.
Devereux’s North Carolina Law Reports, vols.
12-15.
Devereux’s North Carolina Law Reports, 1826-
1834, 4 vols.
Devereux & Battle’s North Carolina Equity Re-
ports, vols. 21-22.
Devereux & Battle’s North Carolina Law Reports,
vols. 18-20.
Dewitt’s Ohio Reports.
Dyer’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Dice’s Indiana Reports.
Dicey on Parties to Actions.
Dickens’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
Dictionaiy.
Digest, especially the Digest of Justinian.
Dillon’s Report, U. S. 8th Circuit.
Dillon on Municipal Corporations.
Disney’s Reports, Superior Court of Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Division, Courts of the High Court of Justice.
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Court.
Doctor and Student.
Dodson’s Eng. Admiralty Courts Reports.
Domat on Civil Law.
Domesday Book.
Donnelly’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Dorion’s Quebec Queen’s Bench Reports.
Douglass” English King’s Bench Reports.
Douglass’ Michigan Reports.
Dow’s Eng. House of Lords Cases.
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18
ABBREVIATIONS
Dow & C, or Dow
N. S.
Dowl. . . .
Dowl. N. S. . .
Dowl. Pr. C. . . .
Dowl. Pr. C. N. S.
Dowl. & L. …
Dowl. & Ry. . . .
Dowl. & Ry. M. C.
Dowl. & Ry. N. P.
Draper . .
Drew., or Drewry
Drew (Fla.)
Drew. & S., or
Drewry & Sm.
Drinkw. .
Dru., or Drury.
Dru. & Wal.
Dru. & War.
Dud., or Dud. Ga.
Dud. Ch., or Dud.
Eq.
Dud. L., or Dud.
S. C.
Duer
Dunl.
Dunl. B. & M.
Durf. (R. I.)
Dumf. & E.
Dutch. . . .
Duv. (Can.)
Duv. . . .
Dyer
E.
E
E. B. & E. .
E. B. & S. . .
E. C. L. .
E. D. S. .
E. E
Dow & Clark’s Eng. House of Lords Cases.
Dowling’s Eng. Bail Court Reports.
Bowling’s Eng. Bail Court Reports, New Series.
Dowling’s Reports, Eng. Practice Cases.
Dowling’s Reports, New Series, Eng. Practice Cases.
Dowling & Lowndes’ Eng. Bail Court and Prac-
tice Cases.
Dowling & Ryland’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Dowling & Ryland’s Eng. Magistrate Cases.
Dowling & Ryland’s Eng. Nisi Prius Cases.
Draper’s Upper Canada King’s Bench Reports.
Drewry’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Drew’s Florida Reports.
Drewry & Smale’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Drihkwater’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Drury’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Drury & Wa,lsh’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Drury & Warren’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Dudley’s Georgia Reports.
Dudley’s South Carolina Equity Reports.
Dudley’s South Carolina Law Reports.
Duer’s New York Superior Court Reports, vols.
8-13.
Dunlop, Bell, & Murray’s Scotch Court of Session
Reports (Second Series, 1838-62).
Dunlop, Bell, & Murray’s Scotch Court of Session
Reports (Second Series, 1838-62).
Durfee’s Rhode Island Reports.
Dumford & East’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports;
Term Reports.
Dutcher’s New Jersey Law Reports.
Duvall’s Canada Supreme Court Reports.
Duvall’s Kentucky Reports.
Dyer’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Easter Term; King Edward.
East’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Ellis, Blackburn, & Ellis’ Eng. Queen’s Bench
Reports.
(Ellis), Best & Smith’s Reports.
English Common Law Reports.
E. D. Smith’s New York Common Pleas Reports.
EngUsh Exchequer.
ABBREVIATIONS
19
E. E. R. . .
E. L. & Eq.
E. P. C. . .
E. R. .
E. T.
E. & A. R. .
E. & B.
E. &E.
Ea., or East
East P. C. .
East. Rep. .
Ec. & Ad. .
Eccl. Rep.
Ed
Eden
Edg. . .
Edg. C.
Edict
Edw.
I Edw. I. . .
Edw. (Mo.)
Edw. Aden.
Edw. Ch.
El. B. & E.
El. B. & S.
EI. &B. .
El. & El.
Eliz
Encyc. PI. & Pr. .
Encycl.
Eng. . .
Eng. Adm. R.
Eng. Ch. .
Eng. C. L., or Eng.
Com. L. R.
Eng. Eccl. ,
Eng. Ezch. .
Eng. Ir. App.
Eng. L. & Eq. R.
Eng. R. & C. Cas.
Eng. Sc. Ecc.
Eod. .
Eq
Eq. Cas. .
Err. & App.
English Ecclesiastical Reports.
English Law and Equity Reports.
East’s Pleas of the Crown.
East’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Easter Term.
Error and Appeal Reports, Ontario.
Ellis & Blackburn’s Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
Ellis & Ellis’ Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
East’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
East’s Pleas of the Crown.
Eastern Reporter.
Spink’s Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Reports.
Ecclesiastical Reports.
Edition; Edited; King Edward.
Eden’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Edgar’s Reports, Scotch Court of Session.
Canons enacted under King Edgar.
Edicts of Justinian.
King Edward.
The first year of the reign of King Edward I.
Edwards’ Missouri Reports.
Edwards’ Eng. Admiralty Reports.
Edwards’ New York Chancery Reports.
Ellis, Blackburn, & Ellis’ Eng. Queen’s Bench
Reports.
Ellis, Best, & Smith’s Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
EUis & Blackburn’s Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
EUis & Ellis’ Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
Elizabeth.
Encyclopaedia of Pleading & Practice.
Encyclopaedia.
English’s Arkansas Reports.
English Admiralty Reports.
English Chancery Reports.
English Common-Law Reports.
English Ecclesiastical Reports.
English Exchequer Reports.
English Law Reports, Eng. and Irish Appeal Cases.
English Law and Equity Reports.
English Railroad and Canal Cases.
English and Scotch Ecclesiastical Reports.
Eodem.
Equity.
Equity Cases, vol. 9, Modem Reports.
Error and Appeals Reports, Upper Canada.
20 ABBREVIATIONS
Esp Espinasse’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Esq. . . . Esquire.
Et al. Et alii, — and^ others.
Evans Evans’ Washington Territory Reports.
Evans Pothier Evans’ Pothier on Obligations.
Ew. Med. Jut. . Ewell’s Medical Jurisprudence.
Ex. . Exchequer Reports, English.
Ex., or Exr. . Executor.
Ex. D English Law Reports, Exchequer Division.
Ex. rel. . . Ex relatione.
Exch Exchequer Reports, English; (Welsby, Hurlstone,
& Gordon’s Reports).
Exch. Cas. Exchequer Cases, Scotland.
Exch. Chamb. Exchequer Chamber.
Exch. Div. . . . Exchequer Division, English Law Reporta.
Exec. . Execution; Executor.
Exp. . . . Ex parte; Expired.
Expl. . Explained.
Ext. . . Extended.
Eyre . ,. Eyre’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports, temp. Wil-
liam III.
F. B. R. . . FuU Bench Rulmgs, Bengal.
F. B. R. N. W. P. Pull Bench Rulings, Northwest Provinces, India.
F. C. R. . . Fearne on Contingent Remainders.
F. & F. . Poster & Pinlason’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
F. & S. . Fox & Smith’s Irish King’s Bench Reports.
Fairf Fairfield’s Maine Reports.
Falc Falconer’s Reports, Scotch Court of Session.
Far Farresley’s Reports, English King’s Bench, Modern
Reports, vol. 7.
Fed The Federalist.
Fed. Rep. . . . The Federal Reporter.
Fent. (New Zea-
land) Penton’s New Zealand Reports.
Ferg. . . . Fergusson’s Scotch Consistorial Court Reports.
Ff. … Pandects of Justinian.
Fi. fa. Fieri facias.
Fin. . . Finch’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Finl. Rep. . Finlason’s Report of the Gumey Case.
Fish. Pat. Rep. . Fisher’s Patent Reports.
Fish. Pr. Cas. . Fisher’s Prize Cases, U. S. Courts, Pa.
Fitz-Gi Fitz-Gibbon’s Eng. Reports.
Fitz. N. B. . Fitzherbert’s Natura Brevium.
Fla. . . Florida Reports.
Flan. & K. . . Flanagan & Kelly’s Irish Rolls Court Reports.
Fland. Ch. J. . Flanders’ Lives of the Chief Justices.
ABBREVIATIONS
21
FUpp Flippin’s U. S. C. C. Reports.
Fogg Fogg’s New Hampshire Reports.
Fol Folio.
For. …. Forrest’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Form. … . Forman’s Illinois Reports.
Fort. . . . Forrester’s Eng. Chancery Reports, Cases temp.
Talbot.
Forrest . . Forrest’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Fortes. . . Forteacue’s Eng. Reports.
Fost. …. Foster’s Legal Chronicle Reports, Pa.
Fost. . . Poster’s Eng. Reports and Crown Law.
Fost. (N. H.). Foster’s New Hampshire Reports, vols. 19, 21-31.
Fost. & Fin. . . Foster & Finlason’s Reports, Eng. Nisi Prius
Cases.
Fount. . . Fountainhall’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Fox . . . Fox’s Decisions (Haskell’s Reports), Circuit and
District Court, Maine.
Fox & Sm. . . . Fox & Smith’s Irish King’s Bench Reports.
Fr Fragment, or Excerpt, or Laws in Titles of Pandects.
Fr. Ch. . . . Freeman’s Eng. Chancery Reports; Freeman’s
Mississippi Chancery Reports.
France . France’s Colorado Reports.
Fred. Code Frederioian Code, Prussia.
Freem. Ch. . . Freeman’s Reports (2d Freeman), Eng. Chancery.
Freem. K. B. . . Freeman’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports, (1st
Freeman).
Freem. (HI.) . . . Freeman’s Illinois Reports.
Freem. (Miss.) . . Freeman’s Mississippi Chancery Reports.
French . French’s New Hampshire Reports.
Full B. R. . . Full Bench Rulings, Bengal, (or Northwest Prov-
inces).
Fult Fulton’s Bengal Reports.
G King George.
I G. L . The first year of the reign of King George I.
G. . Gale’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
G. B. . Great Britain.
G. Gr. . George Greene’s Iowa Reports.
G. M. Dudl. G. M. Dudley’s Georgia Reports.
G. & D. Gale & Davison’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
G. & J. . Glyn & Jameson’s Eng. Reports; Gill & Johnson’s
Maryland Reports.
Ga. . Georgia Reports.
Ga. Dec. . Georgia Decisions, Superior Courts.
Ga. Sup. . . Supplement to 33 Georgia Reports.
Gaii . . Gaii Institutionum Commentarii.
Gaius Gaius’ Institutes.
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ABBREVIATIONS
Galb
Galb. & M.
Gale . .
Gale & Dav. . .
Gall., or Gallis. .
Gard. N. Y. Rept.
Garden.
Gay. (La.) .
Gen. Ord. .
Gen. Ord. in Ch.
Gen. Sess. .
Gen. Term
Geo. . .
Geo
George .
Gibbs
Giff. . . .
Giff. & H. . .
Gil. (Minn.) .
Gilb.
Gilb. Ch. . .
Gilb. Ev. .
Gild. (N. M.)
Gill
Gill & J. . .
Gilm
Gilm. (111.) .
Gilm. (Va.) .
Gilm. & Fal. .
Gilp
Gl. . .
Glasc.
Glenn
Godb. . . .
Goldes.
Good. R. P.
Gosf. . .
Gouldsb. .
Gr. Cas. . .
Grang. .
Grant . .
Grant Cas., (
Grant (Pa.) .
Grant (Jamaica)
Galbraith’s Florida Reports, vols. 9-11.
Galbraith & Meek’s Florida Reports, vol. 12.
Gale’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Gale & Davison’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Gallison’s Reports, Circuit Ct. U. S., 1st Circuit.
Gardenier’s New York Reporter, New York.
Gardenhire’s Missouri Reports.
Gayarre’s Louisiana Reports.
General Orders.
General Order of the High Court of Chancery.
General Sessions.
General Term.
King George. See G.
Georgia Reports.
George’s Mississippi Reports.
Gibbs’ Michigan Reports.
Giffard’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Giffard & Hemming’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Gilfillan’s Miimesota Reports.
Gilbert’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Gilbert’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Gilbert’s Evidence.
Gildersleeve’s New Mexico Reports.
Gill’s Maryland Reports.
Gill & Johnson’s Maryland Reports.
Gilmour’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Gilman’s Illinois Reports.
Gilmer’s Virginia Reports.
Gilmour & Falconer’s Scotch Court of Session,
Reports.
Gilpin’s Reports, U. S. Dist. Court, East. Dist. of
Pa.
Glossa, — a gloss or interpretation.
Glascock’s Irish Reports.
Glenn’s Reports, Louisiana Aimual.
Godbolt’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Goldesborough’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Goodwin on Real Property.
Gosford’s Reports, Scotch Court of Session.
Gouldsborough’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Grant’s Cases, Pa.
Granger’s Ohio Reports.
Grant’s Ontario Chancery Reports.
Grant’s Cases, Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Grant’s Jamaica Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS
23
Grant U. C.
Gratt. .
Gray
Gray Perp.
Green C. E.
Green Ch.,orGreen
Eq. .
Green L., or Green
N.J
Green (R. I.)
Greene (Iowa) . .
Greenl. . . .
Gr. Ev.
Grisw. (Ohio) . .
Grot, Gro. B. etP.,
or Gro. de J. B.
Guthrie
H.
H
I H. I. .
h. a.
H. Bla.
H. C. .
H. Ct. R. N. W. P.
H. H. P. C.
H. L. .
H. L. C.
H. L. Rep.
H. P. C.
H. T. .
h. t.
h. V.
H. &B.
H. &C.
H. & G. .
H. & H. .
H. & J.
H. & J. It.
H. & M. .
H. & M. Ch.
H. & McH.
H. & N. .
H. & R. . .
Grant’s Upper Canada Chancery Reports.
Gratton’s Virginia Reports.
Gray’s Massachusetts Reports.
Gray on Perpetuities.
C. E. Green’s New Jersey Equity Reports,
16-27.
vols.
Green’s New Jersey Equity Reports, vols. 2-4.
Green’s New Jersey Law Reports, vols. 13-15.
Green’s Rhode Island Reports, vol. 11.
Greene’s Iowa Reports.
Greenleai’s Maine Reports.
Greenleaf on Evidence.
Griswold’s Ohio Reports.
Grotius de Jure Belli et Pacis.
Guthrie’s Sheriff Court Cases, Scotland.
Hilary Term.
King Henry.
The first year of the reign of King Henry I.
Hoc anno.
Henry Blackstone’s Eng. Reports.
House of Commons.
High Court Reports, North West Province, India.
Hale’s History, Pleas of the Crown.
House of Lords.
House of Lords Cases (Clark’s).
Clark & FinneUy’s House of Lords Reports, New
Series.
Hale’s Pleas of the Crown.
Hilary Term.
Hoc titulum, or hoc titulo.
Hoc verbum, or his verbis.
Hudson & Brooke’s Irish King’s Bench Reports.
Hurlstone & Coltman’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Harris & Gill’s Maryland Reports.
Horn & Hurlstone’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Harris & Johnson’s Maryland Reports.
Hayes & Jones’ Irish Exchequer Reports.
Hening & Munford’s Virginia Reports.
Hemming & Miller’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Harris & McHenry’s Maryland Reports.
Hurlstone & Norman’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Harrison & Rutherford’s Eng. Common Pleas
Reports.
24 ABBREVIATIONS
H. & S. . . . Harris & Simrall’s Mississippi Reports.
H. & T. Hall & Twell’s Eng. Cljancery Reports.
H. & W. … Harrison & Wollaston’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
H. & W Hurlstone & Walmsley’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Ha. & Tw, … Hall & Twell’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Hab. Corp. . . Habeas Corpus.
Hab. fa. poss. . . Habere facias possessionem.
Hab. fa. seis. . . Habere facias seisinam.
Hadd Haddington’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Hadl Hadley’s New Hampshire Reports.
Hag. (Utah) . Hagan’s Utah Reports.
Hag. (W. Va.) . Hagan’s West Virginia Reports.
Hagg. Adm. . Haggard’s Eng. Admiralty Reports.
Hagg. Con. . Haggard’s Eng. Consistory Reports.
Hagg. Ecc. . . . Haggard’s Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Hagn. & M. (Md.) Hagner & Miller’s Maryland Reports.
Hale . . Hale’s California Reports.
Hale P. C. . Hale’s Pleas of the Crown.
Hall . Hall’s New York City Superior Court Reports.
Hall. (Col.) Hallett’s Colorado Reports.
Hall (N. H.) . Hall’s New Hampshire Reports.
Hall & Tw. . Hall & Twell’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Hallam . Hallam’s Middle Ages.
Hallett . . . Hallett’s Colorado Reports, vols. 1-2.
Halst., or Halst. L. Halsted’s New Jersey Law Reports, vols. 6-12.
Halst.Ch.jOrHalst. Halsted’s Chancery Reports, New Jersey Equity,
Eq. vols. 5-8.
Ham Hamilton’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Hamm. (Ga.) . . Hammond’s Georgia Reports.
Hanun. (Ohio) . Hammond’s Ohio Reports.
Hamm. & J. . . . Hammond & Jackson’s Georgia Reports, vol. 45.
Han Hannay’s New Brunswick Reports.
Hand Hand’s New York Court of Appeals Reports, vols.
40-45.
Hann Hannay’s New Brunswick Reports.
Har. & G Harris & Gill’s Maryland Reports.
Har. & J Harris & Johnson’s Maryland Reports.
Har. & McH. . Harris & McHenry’s Maryland Reports.
Har. & W. . Harrison & Wollaston’s Eng. King’s Bench
Reports.
Hard. . Hardres’ Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Hard. (Ky.), or Har-
din . . . Hardin’s Kentucky Reports.
Hardw. . . Cases temp. Hardwicke, Eng. King’s Bench.
Hare …. Hare’s Eng: Chancery Reports.
Harg. …. Hargrove’s North Carolina Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS
25
Harg.
Haim,
Harm,
Harp.
Harp.
Harr.
Harr.
Harr.
Harr.
Harr.
Harr.
Harr.
Harr.
Harr.
Harr.
Harr.
Harr.
Co. Litt.
(U. C.)
Eq. .
Cont. .
(Del.) .
(Ind.) .
(Mich.)
(N. J.)
(Pa.) .
Ch.
&G.
&J.
&McH.
&R.
Harr. & S.
Harr. & W.
Harris
Hart . .
Harv. L. Rev,
Hask. .
Hast .
Hav. Ch. Rep,
Haw. . .
Hawaii .
Hawk. .
Hawk. PI. C.
Hawks …
Hawl. (Nev.) . .
Hay (Calc.) . . .
Hay. Ezch. . .
Hay. & J., or Hayes
& Jones . .
Hayes
Hayw. (N. C.)
Hayw. (Tenn.)
Hayw. & H. (D. C.)
Head . .
Heath . .
Heisk. .
Hehn
Hargrave’s Notes to Coke on Littleton.
Harmon’s Reports, California Reports, vols. 13-15.,
Harman’s Upper Canada Common Pleas Reports.
Harper’s South Carolina Reports.
Harper’s South Carolina Equity Reports.
Harrison’s New Jersey Law Reports.
Harriman on Contracts.
Harrington’s Delaware Reports.
Harrison’s Indiana Reports.
Harrington’s Michigan Chancery Reports.
Harrison’s New Jersey Law Reports, vols. 16-19.
Harris’ Pennsylvania Reports.
Harrison’s Michigan Chancery Reports.
Harris & GiU’s Maryland Reports.
Harris & Johnson’s Maryland Reports.
Harris & McHenry’s Maryland Reports.
Harrison & Rutherford’s Eng. Common Pleas Re-
ports.
Harris & Simrall’s Mississippi Reports, vols. 49-52.
Harrison & Wollaston’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Harris’ Pa. Reports.
Hartley’s Texas Reports.
Harvard Law Review.
Haskell’s Reports, United States Courts, Maine
(Fox’s Decisions).
Hastings’ Maine Reports.
Haviland’s Chancery Reports, Prince Edward
Island.
Hawkins; Hawaiian Reports.
Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) Reports.
Hawkins’ Reports, Louisiana Annual.
Hawkins’ Pleas of the Crown.
Hawks’ North Carolina Reports.
Hawley’s Nevada Reports and Digest.
Hay’s Calcutta Reports.
Hayes’ Irish Exchequer Reports.
Hayes & Jones’ Irish Exchequer Reports.
Hayes’ Irish Exchequer Reports.
Haywood’s North Carolina Reports.
Haywood’s Tennessee Reports.
Hayward & Hazleton Circuit Court Reports.
Head’s Tennessee Reports.
Heath’s Maine Reports.
Heiskell’s Tennessee Reports.
Helm’s Nevada Reports.
26
ABBREVIATIONS
Hem. & MU. . .
Heming. (Miss.)
Hemp.
Hen
I Hen. I. . .
Hen. Bla. . .
Hen. & M. . . .
Hepb. . .
Hepb. (Pa.)
Het.
HU. T. .
HiU (N. Y.). .
HiU (S. C.)
HiU (S. C.) Eq. .
HiUCh.,orHiUEq.
HiU & D. (N. Y.)
HUl & Den. Sup.
HUlyer …
HUt .
Ho. Lord Cas.
Hob.
Hod.
Hoff. . .
Hoff. (N. Y.), or
Hoff. Ch.
Hoff. Land Ca.
Hog. . .
Hog. St. Tr. .
Hogue
Hoi. Inst.
HoU. (Minn.)
Holm. . . .
Holt . . .
Holt Ch. .
Holt Eq. Rep.
Holt N. P.
Home
Hook. .
Hoonahan .
Hope
Hopk. Ch.
Horn & H. .
Hemming & Miller’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Hemingway’s Mississippi Reports.
Hempstead’s Reports, U. S. 9th Curcuit and Dist.
of Arkansas.
King Henry.
The first year of the reign of King Henry I.
Henry Blaokstone’s Eng- Reports.
Hening & Munford’s Virginia Reports.
Hepburn’s California Reports.
Hepburn’s Pennsylvania Reports.
Hetley’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Hilary Term.
Hill’s New York Reports.
HiU’s South Carolina Reports.
Hill, South Carolina Court of Appeals, Chancery
Reports..
Hill’s South Carolina Chancery Reports.
Hill & Denio’s New York Reports.
Lalor’s Supplement to Hill & Denio’s Reports,
New York.
Hillyer’s California Reports.
Hilton’s New York Common Pleas Reports.
House of Lords Cases (Clark’s).
Hobart’s Eng. Common Pleas and Chancery
Reports.
Hodge’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Hoffman’s Reports, U. S. Dist. of California.
Hoffman’s New York Chancery Reports.
Hoffman’s Land Cases, California.
Hogan’s Irish RoUs Court Reports.
Hogan’s Pennsylvania State Trials.
Hogue’s Florida Reports.
Holland’s Institutes of Justinian.
HoUinshead’s Minnesota Reports.
Holmes’ Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 1st Circuit.
Holt’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Holt’s Equity V. C. Court.
Holt’s Eng. Equity Reports.
Holt’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Clerk Home’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Hooker’s Connecticut Reports.
“Hoonahan’s Scinde Reports, India.
Hope’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Hopkins’ New York Chancery Reports.
Horn & Hurlstone’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS
27
Horr. & T. Cas. .
Horw. Y. B. (Hor-
wood’s) . .
Houst. . .
Houst. Cr. Cas. .
How.
How. (Miss.)
How. App. Cas., or
How. (N. Y.) .
How. St. Tr. .
How. U. S.
How. Civ. L. .
Hubb. . . .
Hud. & B. .
Huff. Ag. . . .
Huff. Cas. Ag.
Hugh. . .
Hugh. (Ky.)
Hum. (Tenn.)
Humph. .
Hun . . .
Hurlst. & C.
Hurlst. & G.
Hurlst. & N. ,
Hurlst. & W.
Hut.
Hyde .
I. C. C. R. .
I. C. L. R.
I. C. R.
I. E. R.
lO. U.
I. R. C. L.
I. R. Eq.
la.
lb., or Id.
Ida. . .
ni. .
HI. App. .
Inf. …
In pr
In sum. . . .
Ind
Ind. App. . ,
Horrigan & Thompson’s Cases on Self Defense.
Year-Books of Edward I.
Houston’s Delaware Reports.
Houston’s Criminal Cases, Delaware.
Howard’s U. S. Supreme Court Reports.
Howard’s Mississippi Reports.
Howard’s N. Y. Court of Appeals Reports.
Howell’s State Trials.
Howard’s U. S. Supreme Court Reports.
Howe’s Studies in the Civil Law.
Hubbard’s Maine Reports.
Hudson & Brooke’s Irish King’s Bench Reports.
Huffcut on Agency.
Huffcut’s Cases on Agency.
Hughes’ Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 4th Circuit.
Hughes’ Kentucky Reports.
Humphrey’s Tennessee Reports.
Humphrey’s Tennessee Reports.
Hun’s Reports, New York Supreme Ct., vol. 81.
Hurlstone & Coltman’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Hurlstone & Gordon’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Hurlstone & Norman’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Hurlstone & Walmsley’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Button’s Eng. Common PleaS Reports.
Hyde’s Reports, India.
Interstate Commerce Commission Reports.
Irish Common Law Reports.
Irish Chancery Reports.
Irish Equity Reports.
I owe you.
Irish Reports, Common Law Series.
Irish Reports, Equity Series.
Iowa Reports.
Ibidem, or Idem, — the same.
Idaho Reports.
Illinois Reports. ‘
Illinois Appellate Court Reports.
In fine, — at the end of the title, law, or para-
graph quoted.
In principio, — at the beginning of a law, before the
first paragraph.
In summa, — in the summary.
Indiana Reports.
Law Reports, Indian Appeals.
28 ABBREVIATIONS
Ind. App. Sup. . . Indian Appeals Supplement, P. C.
Ind. L. R. . . . (East) Indian Law Reports.
Ind. L. R. All. Allahabad Series of Indian Law Reports.
Ind. Super. . . . Indiana Superior Court Reports (Wilson’s).
Ind. T. . Indian Territory.
Inf Infra, — beneath or below.
Inj. … . Injunction.
Ins Insurance; Insolvency.
Inst Institutes; preceded by a number thus: (1 Inst.),
the reference is to Coke’s Institutes; where a
number follows thus: (Inst. 1), the Institutes
of Justinian are referred to.
Int. Com. Rep. Interstate Commerce Reports.
Iowa …. Iowa Reports.
Ir Irish; Ireland.
Ir. C. L., or Ir. L.
N. S. Irish Common Law Reports.
Ir.Ch.,orIr.Ch.N.
S Irish Chancery Reports.
Ir. Cir Irish Circuit Reports.
Ir. Eccl Irish Ecclesiastical Reports (Milward’s).
Ir. Eq Irish Equity.
Ir. Law & Ch. . . Irish Law and Equity Reports, New Series.
Ir. Law & Eq. . Irish Law and Equity Reports, Old Series.
Ir. Law Rep. N. S. Irish Common Law Reports.
Ir. R. C. L. . . Irish Reports, Common Law Series.
Ir. R. Eq. …. Irish Reports, Equity Series.
It. Rep. Reg. App. Irish Reports, Registration Appeals.
Ir. Rep. Reg. & L. Irish Reports, Registry and Land Cases.
Ired. L. . . . Iredell’s North Carolina Law Reports.
Ired. Eq. . . Iredell’s North Carolina Equity Reports.
J Justice.
J. C Juris Consultus.
J. C. P. . . Justice of the Common Pleas.
J. et J. . . . De Justitia et Jure.
J. Glo Juncta Glossa.
JJ. Justices.
J. J. Mar. . . . . J. J. Marshall’s Kentucky Reports.
J. K. B Justice of the King’s Bench.
J. Kel J. Kelyng’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
J. P Justice of the Peace.
J. P. Sm. . . . J. P. Smith’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
J. S. Gr. (N. J.) J. S. Green’s New Jersey Reports.
J. Q. B. . . Justice of the Queen’s Bench.
J. TJ. B Justice of the Upper Bench.
J. & H Johnson & Hemming’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS 29
J. & LaT. . . . Jones & LaTouche’s Irish Chancery Reports.
J. & W. . . . Jacobs & Walker’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Jac. . King James.
I Jac. I . The first year of the reign of King James I.
Jac. . . . Jacob’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Jac. & W. . . Jacob & Walker’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Jack. . … Jackson’s Georgia Reports.
Jack. Tex. App. . ‘ Jackson’s Texas Court of Appeals Reports.
Jackson & Lump-
kin (Ga.) . . Jackson & Lumpkin’s Georgia Reports.
James . James’ Nova Scotia Reports.
Jan. Angl. . . Jani Anglorum.
Jar. Wills . Jarman on Wills.
Jctus Jurisconsultus.
Jebb Cr. Cas., or
Jebb Jr. Cr. Cas. Jebb’s Irish Crown Cases.
Jebb & B. . Jebb & Bourke’s Irish Queen’s Bench Reports.
Jebb & S. . Jebb & Symes’ Irish Queen’s Bench Reports.
Jeff. . . Jefferson’s Virginia Reports.
Jenk. . . . Jenkin’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Jenn. . . . Jennison’s Michigan Reports.
Jo. & LaT. . Jones & LaTouche’s Irish Chancery Reports.
John. & H. . . Johnson & Hemming’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Johns Johnson’s New York Reports.
Johns. Cas. . . Johnson’s Cases, New York Supreme Court.
Johns. Ch. . . . Johnson’s New York Chancery Reports.
Johns. Ch. . . Johnson’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Johns. Ch. (Md.),
or Johns. Dec. Johnson’s Maryland Chancery Decisions.
Johns. Ch. (N. Y.),
or Johns. Ch.
Cas. . . . Johnson’s New York Chancery Reports.
Johns. Ct. Err. . Johnson’s Reports, N. Y. Court of Errors.
Johns. (Md.) . . Johnson’s Maryland Reports
Johns. (New Zea-
land) Johnson’s New Zealand Reports.
Johns. U. S. Johnson’s Reports, U. S. 4th Circuit (Chase’s
Decisions).
Johns. V. Ch. Cas. Johnson’s Cases in Vice-Chancellor Wood’s Court.
Johns. & H. . Johnson & Hemming’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Johnst. N. Z. . . Johnston’s New Zealand Reports.
1 Jon. Wm. Jones’ Eng. King’s Bench and Common Pleas
Reports.
2 Jon. . . . Thos. Jones’ Eng. King’s Bench and Common Pleas
Reports.
Jon. (Ala.) …. Jones’ Reports, Alabama, vol. 62.
30 ABBREVIATIONS
Jon. (Mo.) . . . Jones’ Missouri Reports.
Jon. (N. C.) . . Jones’ North Carolina Reports.
Jon. (N. C.) Eq. Jones’ North Carolina Equity Reports.
Jon. (Pa.) . . . Jones’ Pa. Reports.
Jon. (U. C.) . Jones’ Upper Canada Reports.
Jon. B. & W. Jones, Barclay, & Whittelsey’s Reports, Missouri,
vol. 31.
Jon. Eq. . . Jones’ North Carolina Equity Reports.
Jon. Exch., or Jon.
Jr. Exch. . . . Jones’ Irish Exchequer Reports.
Jon. T Thos. Jones’ Eng. King’s Bench and Common Pleas
Reports.
Jon. W Wm. Jones’ Eng. King’s Bench and Common Pleas
Reports.
Jon. & C. . Jones & Cary’s Irish Exchequer Reports.
Jon. & LaT. . . . Jones & LaTouche’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Jon. & S. . . . Jones & Spencer’s Reports, New York City Superior
Court, vols. 33-46.
Jones, B. & W.
(Mo.) Jones, Barclay, & Whittelsey’s Reports, Missouri
Supreme Court (31 Missouri).
Jud Judgment; Judicial; Judicature.
Jud. & Sw. (Ja-
maica) …. Judah & Swan’s Jamaica Reports.
Just. Inst. . . . Justinian’s Institutes.
K. B ■ King’s Bench.
K. C King’s Council.
K. & J. . . Kay & Johnson’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Kan., or Kans. . . Kansas Reports.
Kay Kay’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Kay & J. …. Kay & Johnson’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
K. B. (U. C). . . King’s Bench Reports, Upper Canada.
Keb., or Keble . . Keble’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Keen . Keen’s Eng. Rolls Court Reports.
Keil., or’Keilw. . Keilway’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Kel. Ga. . Kelly’s Reports, Georgia Reports, vols. 1-3.
Kel. W., or 2 Kel. W. Kelynge’s Eng. Chancery and King’s Bench
Reports.
Kel. & C, or KeUy
& C. … Kelly & Cobb’s Georgia Reports.
Kelly Kelly’s Georgia Reports.
Ken. . . . Kentucky Reports.
Ken. (N. C.) . . . Kenan’s North Carolina Reports.
Kent Kent’s Commentaries on American Law.
Kern Kernan’s Reports, New York Court of Appeals,
vols. 11-14.
ABBREVIATIONS 31
Kerr Kerr’s Indiana Reports.
Kerr (N. B.) . . Kerr’s New Brunswick Reports.
Keyes Keyes’ Reports, New York Court of Appeals, (39-41
N. Y.)
Kilk. …. Kilkerran’s Reports, Scotch Court of Session.
King . . . . King’s Reports, Louisiana Annual.
Kirby . . Kirby’s Connecticut Reports.
Kn., or Knapp . Knapp’s Eng. Privy Council Reports.
Kn. A. C, or Knapp
A. C. Knapp’s Appeal Cases.
Kn. & M., or Knapp
& M. . . Knapp & Moore’s Eng. Privy Council Reports.
Knowles . Knowles’ Rhode Island Reports.
Kulp . . . Kulp’s Pa. Reports.
Ky. . . . Kentucky Reports.
Ky. Dec. . . . Kentucky Decisions, Sneed’s Reports.
Ky. L. Rep. . . . Kentucky Law Reporter.
L. . . . . Law; Loi; Liber.
L. C Lord Chancellor; Lower Canada; Leading Cases.
L. C. B Lord Chief Baron.
L. C. C. C. . . Lower Canada Civil Code.
L. C. C. P. Lower Canada Civil Procedure.
L. C. J. . Lord Chief Justice.
L. C. R. . . . Lower Canada Reports.
L. H. C. . . Lord High Chancellor.
L. J Lord Justices Court.
LL. . …. Laws.
L. L. Law Latin; Local Law.
L. Lat. . . Law Latin.
L. M. & P. Lowndes, Maxwell, & Pollock’s Eng. Bail Court
Reports.
L. P. C Lord of the Privy Council.
L. R Law Reporter; Law Reports; Law Review.
L. R. A. . Lawyers’ Reports Annotated. (Volumes 1-70,
first series.)
L. R. A. N. S. . Lawyers’ Reports Annotated, new series.
L. R. A. & E. . . Law Reports, Eng. Admiralty and Ecclesiastical.
L. R. App. Cas. Law Reports, Eng. Appeal Cases.
L. R. Burm. . . Law Reports, British Burmah.
L. R. C. C. R. Law Reports, Eng. Crown Cases Reserved.
L. R. C. P. Law Reports, Eng. Common Pleas.
L. R. C. P. D. . Law Reports, Common Pleas Division, Eng. Su-
preme Court of Judicature.
L. R. Ch. . . . Law Reports, Eng. Chancery Appeal Cases.
L. R. Ch. D. . . . Law Reports, Chancery Division, Eng. Supreme
Court of Judicature.
32 ABBREVIATIONS
L. R. E. & Ir. App. Law Reports, Eng. and Irish Appeal Cases.
L. R. Eq. Law Reports, Eag. Equity.
L. R. Ex., or L. R.
Exch. Law Reports, Eng. Exchequer.
L. R. Ex. D. Law Reports, Exchequer Division Eng. Supreme
Court of Judicature.
L. R. H. L. . Law Reports, House of Lords, Eng. and Irish Ap-
peal Cases.
L. R. H. L. Sc. . . Law Reports, House of Lords, Scotch and Divorce
Appeal Cases.
L. R. Ind. App. Law Reports, Indian Appeals.
L. R. Ir. . . Law Reports, Ireland.
L. R. N. S. W. . Law Reports, New South Wales.
L. R. P. C. . . Law Reports, Eng. Privy Council, Appeal Cases.
L. R. P. Div. . Law Reports, Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty
Division, Eng. Supreme Court of Judicature.
L. R. P. & D. . Law Reports, Eng. Probate and Divorce.
L. R. Q. B. Law Reports, Eng. Queen’s Bench.
L. R. Q. B. Div. Law Reports, Queen’s Bench Division, Eng. Su-
preme Court of Judicature.
L. R. S. A. . . Law Reports, South Australia.
L. R. Sc. Div. App.
Cas. Law Reports, Scotch and Divorce Appeal Cases.
L. R. Sess. Cas. Eng. Law Reports, Session Cases.
L. S. . Locus sigilli, — place of the seal.
L. & M. . Lowndes & Maxwell’s Eng. Bail Court Reports.
L. & T. Longfield & Townsend’s Irish Exchequer Reports.
La. Lane’s Reports, Eng. Exchequer; Louisiana Re-
ports.
La. Ann. Louisiana Annual Reports.
La. T. R. Martin’s Louisiana Term Reports, vols. 2-12.
Lalor . . . Lalor’s Supplement to Hill and Denio’s Reports,
New York.
Lans Lansing’s Reports, New York Supreme Court Re-
ports, vols. 1-7.
Lat, or Latch Latch’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Lath. . . . Lathrop’s Massachusetts Reports.
Law Qr. Rev. . Law Quarterly Review, London.
Lawr. . Lawrence’s Ohio Reports.
Lay . . Lay’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Ld. Ken. . . . Lord Kenyon’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Ld. Raym. . . Lord Raymond’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Lea, or Lea, B. J. Lea’s Tennessee Reports.
Leach, or Leach
C. C Leach’s Crown Cases, Eng. Courts.
Lee (Cal.) …. Lee’s California Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS
33
Leg. . .
Legg. .
Leigh . .
Leo., or Leon.
Lester
Lev.
Lew. .
Lew. C. C.
Lex Cust. .
Lex Mer., or Lex
Mer. Red.
Lib. . . .
Lit. . .
Lit. s
Lit. Ten. . . .
Litt. (Ky.) .
Liv. . .
Liz. Sc. Exch. .
LI
Loc. cit.
Lofft
Longf . & T.
Lorenz (Ceylon)
Low.
Low. Can. Repts.
Low. C. Seign.
Lown. & M.
Lown. M. & P.
Luc.
Ludd. .
Lut. . .
Lyne
M.
I M
M.
M. C. C.
M. G. & S.
M. R. .
MS. . .
M. &C. …
M. & G.
M. & Gel. . . .
Leges, — laws.
Legget’s Reports, Scinde, India.
Leigh’s Virginia Reports.
Leonard’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Lester’s Georgia Reports.
Levinz’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Lewis’ Nevada Reports.
Lewin’s Crown Cases, Eng. Courts.
Lex Custumaria.
Lex Mercatoria Rediviva, by Beawes.
Liber, — book.
Littleton’s Eng. Common Pleas and Exchequer
Reports.
Littleton, section.
Littleton’s Tenures.
Littell’s Kentucky Reports.
Livre, — book.
Lizar’s Scotch Exchequer Cases.
Leges, — laws.
Loco citato, — in the place cited.
Lofft’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Longfield & Townsend’s Irish Exchequer Reports.
Lorenz’s Ceylon Reports.
Lowell’s Decisions, U. S. Dist. of Massachusetts.
Lower Canada Reports.
Lower Canada Seignorial Reports.
Lowndes & Maxwell’s Eng. Bail Court Reports.
Lowndes, Maxwell, & Pollock’s Eng. Bail Court
Reports.
Lucafl’ Eng. Reports (10 Modern).
Ludden’s Maine Reports.
Lutwyche’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Lyne’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Queen Mary.
The first year of the reign of Queen Mary.
Michaelmas Term; Mortgage.
Moody’s Crown Cases.
Manning, Granger, & Scott’s Eng. Common Pleas
Reports; Common Bench Reports, vols. 1-8.
Master of the Rolls.
Manuscript; Manuscript Reports.
Mylne & Craig’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Manning & Granger’s Eng. Common Pleas Re-
ports.
Maddock & Gelbart’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
3
34
ABBREVIATIONS
M. & Gord. . . . Macnaghten & Gordon’s Eng. Common Pleas
Reports.
M. & H Murphy & Hurlstone’s Exchequer Reports.
M. & K. . Mylne & Keen’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
M. & M. … Moody & Malkin’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
M. & P. . . . Moore & Payne’s Eng. Common Pleas and Ex-
chequer Reports.
M. & R. Manning & Ryland’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
M. & R. M. C. Manning & Ryland’s Magistrate Cases, Eng. King’s
Bench.
M. & Rob. . . Moody & Robinson’s Eng. Nisi Prius Cases.
M. & S. Maule & Selwyn’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
M. & S., or M. &
Scott Moore & Scott’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
M. & W. Meeson & Welsby’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
M. & Y. . . Martin & Yerger’s Tennessee Reports.
McAll. . . . McAllister’s Reports, U. S. Dist. of California.
McArth. . McArthur’s Reports, Dist. of Columbia.
MacAr. & Mackey MacArthur & Mackey, District of Columbia Su-
preme Court Reports.
McCahon …. McCahon’s Reports, Supreme Court of Kansas, and i
U. S. Courts, Dist. of Kansas.
McCart McCarter’s Chancery Reports, New Jersey Equity,
vols. 14-15.
McClain Cas. Car. McClain’s Cases on Carriers.
McC. Pas. Const. L. McClain’s Cases on Constitutional Law.
McCook. . McCook’s Ohio Reports.
McCord . MoCord’s South Carolina Law Reports.
McCord Ch. . McCord’s South Carolina Chancery Reports.
McCork. . . McCorkle’s Reports, North Carolina, vol. 65.
McCrary . . . McCrary’s United States Circuit Court Reports.’
McGloin . . . McGloin’s Louisiana Court of Appeals Reports.
McL., or McLean . McLean’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 7th Circuit.
McMull. McMuUan’s South Carolina Law Reports.
McMuU. Ch., or
McMull. Eq. . . McMuUan’s South Carolina Chancery Reports.
Macas. . . . Macassey’s New Zealand Reports.
Maccles. . Macclesfield’s Eng. Reports, (10 Modern).
Macf Maofarlane’s Reports, Scotch Jury Courts.
Mackey . . . Maokey’s District of Columbia Supreme Court
Reports.
Macn. . . . Macnaghten’s (W. H.) Reports, India.
Macn. F P. Macnaghten’s Reports, India.
Macn. & G. . . Macnaghten & Gordon’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Macph Macpherson’s Cases, Court of Session Cases, 3d
Series.
Macq. H. L. Cas.
Madd.
Madd. &G. . . .
Mag. Char. . . .
Mag. (Md.), or
Magr. .
Maine . .
Maine Anc. L.
Man. . . .
Man. Gr. & S. . .
ABBREVIATIONS 35
Macqueen’s House of Lords Cases, Appeals from
Scotland.
Maddock’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Maddock & Geldart’s Reports, Eng. Chancery,
(vol. 6, Maddock’s Reports).
Magna Charta.
Magruder’s Reports, Maryland, vols. 1-2.
Maine Reports.
Maine on Ancient Law.
Manning’s Eng. Court of Revision Reports.
Manning, Granger, & Scott’s Eng. Common Pleas
Reports.
Man. & G. Manning & Granger’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Man. & R. . . Manning & Ryland’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Man. & R. Mag.
Cas Manning & Ryland’s Magistrate Cases, Eng.
King’s Bench.
Mann., or Mann.
(Mich.) . . . Manning’s Reports, Michigan Reports, vol. 1.
Mar Maritime.
Mar. . . . March’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Mar. L. Cas., or
Mar. L. Rep. . Maritime Law Cases (Crockford’s), English.
Mar. L. Cas. N. S.,
or Mar. L. Rep.
N. S Maritime Law Reports, New Series (Aspinall’s),
English.
Marine Ct. R. . Marine Court Reporter (McAdam’s), New York.
Mart. Adm. . . Marriott’s Eng. Admiralty Reports.
Marsh. . Marshall’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Marsh. Ky., or
Marsh. A. K. A. K. Marshall’s Kentucky Reports.
Marsh. Calc. Marshall’s Calcutta Reports.
Marsh. Dec. . . Brockenbrough’s Reports, Marshall’s U. S. Circuit
Court Decisions.
Marsh. J. J. . . J- J- Marshall’s Kentucky Reports.
Mart. (Cond. La.). Martin’s Condensed Louisiana Reports.
Mart. (Ga.) Martin’s Georgia Reports.
Mart. (Ind.) . . Martin’s Indiana Reports.
Mart.,orMart.(La.) Martin’s Louisiana Reports.
Mart. N. S., or
Mart. (La.) N. S. Martin’s Louisiana Reports, New Series.
Mart. (N. C.) . Martin’s North Carolina Reports.
Mart. & Y. . . Martin & Yerger’s Tennessee Reports.
Maryland . . . Maryland Reports.
36 ABBREVIATIONS
Mas Mason’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 1st Circuit.
Mass Massachusetts Reports.
Mats Matson’s Connecticut Reports.
Matth. (W. Va.) . Matthew’s West Virginia Reports, vol. 6.
Mau. & Sel. . Maule & Selwyn’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Max. . . . Maxims.
May Crim. L. May’s Criminal Law.
May Ins May on Insurance.
Ma3ai. . . . Maynard’s Reports, 1st Year Book.
Md Maryland Reports.
Md. Ch. . Maryland Chancery Decisions, (Johnson’s).
Me. . . . Maine Reports.
Medd. . . Meddaugh’s Michigan Reports.
Mees. & Wels. Meeson & Welsby’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Meigs . Meigs’ Tennessee Reports.
Menz. . . . Menzie’s Cape of Good Hope Reports.
Men, or Meriv. Merivale’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Met., or Mete.
(Mass.) . Metcalf’s Reports, Massachusetts Reports, vols.
42-54.
Mete. (Ky.) . Metcalfe’s Kentucky Reports.
Mich Michigan Reports.
Miles Miles’ Pa. Reports.
Mill. (La.) …. Miller’s Louisiana Reports.
Mill. (Md.) . . Miller’s Maryland Reports.
Mill. Dec. TJ. S. . Miller’s Decisions, U. S. Supreme Court Reports,
Condensed (Continuation of Curtis’).
MiU. Dec, or Mill.
Op. . . Miller’s Decisions, U. S. Circuit Court (Wool-
worth’s Reports).
Milw., or Milw.
Eccl. . . Milward’s Reports, Irish Prerogative, Ecclesi-
astical.
Min. . . Minor’s Alabama Reports.
Minn. . . Minnesota Reports.
Minor Minor’s Alabama Reports.
Min. Conf. L. Minor on the Conflict of Laws.
Mir. Jus. Home’s Mirror of Justices.
Misc. R. Miscellaneous Reports, New York.
Miss Mississippi Reports.
M’Mul. Ch. (S. C.) M’MuUan’s South Carolina Equity Reports.
M’Mul. L. (S. C.) M’MuUan’s South Carolina Law Reports.
Mo J. B. Moore’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Mo. . . . Missouri Reports.
Mo. App. . . Missouri Appeal Reports.
Mod Modern Reports, English,
ABBREVIATIONS
37
Mod. Cas. , . .
Mod. Cas. L. & Eq.
Mol. . .
Mon., or Monagh.
Mon., or Monr., or
Mon. T. B. .
Mon. B., or
Monr. B.
Mont.
Mont. L. Rep. Su-
per. Ct. …
Mo
Montr. L. R. .
Moo.
Moo. C. Cas. . .
Moo. C. P.
Moo. I. App. . . .
Moo. J. B.
Moo. P. C. Cas.
Moo. P. C. Cas.
N. S.
Moo. & M.
Moo. & P.
Moo. & R. . .
Moo. & Sc. . . .
Moore (Ark.)
Moore & W.
Mor. Min. Rep. .
Morr. . .
Morr. (Bomb.)
Morr. (Cal.) . .
Morr. (Jamaica.) .
Morr. (Miss.) .
Morris & Har. .
Rep.
Morse Bk.
Morse Ezch.
Mort. . .
Mos.
Mumf. (Jamaica)
Munf. . .
Mur. & H. .
Murph
Modern Cases, (6 Modem Reports).
Modem Cases in Law and Equity (8 and 9 Modem
Reports).
Molloy’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Monaghan’s Unreported Cases, Pennsylvania.
T. B. Monroe’s Kentucky Reports.
Ben Monroe’s Kentucky Reports.
Montana Reports.
Montreal Law Reports, Superior Court.
Missouri Reports.
Montreal Law Reports.
Francis Moore’s Reports, English. If numbered it
refers to J. B. Moore’s Reports, infra.
Moody’s Eng. Crown Cases.
J. B. Moore’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Moore’s Reports, Eng. Privy Council, Indian
Appeals.
J. B. Moore’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Moore’s Eng. Privy Council Cases.
Moore’s Eng. Privy Council Cases, New Series.
Moody & Mackin’s Eng. Nisi Prius Cases.
Moore & Payne’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Moody & Robinson’s Eng. Nisi Prius Cases.
Moore & Scott’s Eng. Conunon Pleas Reports.
Moore’s Arkansas Reports.
Moore & Walker’s Reports, Texas, vols. 22-24.
Morrison’s Mining Reports.
Morris’ Iowa Reports.
Morris’ Bombay Reports.
Morris’ California Reports.
Morris’ Jamaica Reports.
Morris’ Mississippi Reports.
Morris & Harrington’s Sudder Dewanny Adawlut
Reports, Bombay.
Morse on Banks and Banking.
Morse’s Exchequer Reports, Canada.
Morton’s Bengal Reports.
Mosley’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Mumford’s Jamaica Reports.
Munford’s Virginia Reports.
Murphy & Hurlstone’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Murphy’s North Carolina Reports.
38 ABBREVIATIONS
Murray (Ceylon). Murray’s Ceylon Reports.
Murray (New
South Wales) Murray’s New South Wales Reports.
Myl. & C. . Myhie & Craig’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Myl. & K Mylne & Keen’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
N. A Non allocatur, — it is not allowed.
N. B Nulla bona, — no goods.
N. B New Brunswick Reports.
N. C North Carolina Reports; New Cases.
N. Chip , N. Chipman’s Vermont Reports.
N. D. . … North Dakota Reports.
N. E. Rep. . . Northeastern Reporter.
N. E. I. . Non est inventus.
N. F. Newfoundland Reports.
N. H. . . . New Hampshire Reports.
N. J New Jersey Reports.
N. J. Ch., or N. J.
Eq New Jersey Equity Reports.
N. J. Law . . New Jersey Law Reports.
N. L. . . Nelson Lutwyche’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
N. Mex New Mexico Reports.
N. P Nisi Prius; Notary Public; Nova Placita; New
Practice.
N. P. C Nisi Prius Cases.
N. R Not reported.
N. S. . . . New Series; Nova Scotia Reports.
N. S. W. L. R. New South Wales Law Reports.
N. T. Repts. , New Term Reports, Eng. Queen’s Bench.
N. W. P. . Northwest Provinces Reports, India.
N. W. Reptr. . . Northwestern Reporter.
N. Y. . . New York Court of Appeals RepoHs.
N. Y. Cit. H. Rec. New York City Hall Recorder.
N. Y. Misc. . New York Miscellaneous Reports.
N. Y. Sup. Ct. . New York Superior Court Reports.
N. Y. Supr. Ct.
Repts. (T. & C.) New York Supreme Court Reports, by Thompson
and Cook.
N. Y. Term R. New York Term Reports, by Caines.
N. Z., or N. Z. Rep. New Zealand Court of Appeals Reports.
N. Z. App. Rep. . New Zealand Appeal Reports.
N. & H Nott & Huntington’s Reports, U. S. Court of
Claims Reports, vols. 1-7.
N. & Hop Nott & Hopkins’ Reports, U. S. Court of Claims Re-
ports, vols. 8-29.
N. & M Neville & Manning’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
N. & McC. . . . Nott & McCord’s South CaroUna Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS
39
N. &P. . . .
Nat. Brev. .
Nd. .
Neb.
NeU (Ceylon)
Nels. .
Nev. . . .
Nev. & M. .
Nev. &P. . .
New Br. .
New York
Newf
Nient Cul. . .
Non Cul.
Nor. Fr. .
Norr
North. . . .
Northwest. Rep.
Nott&H. .
Nott&Hop. . . .
Nott & McC.
Nov. Sc.
Nova Scotia L. Rep.
O
O. C.
o. s.
O.St.
Ogd.
Ohio
Ohio C. C.
Ohio St.
Okla. .
01. Prec.
Oldr. .
OU. B. & Fitz.
(New Zealand) .
Oil. Bell & Fitz.
Sup. . . .
Ont
Ont. App. Rep. . .
Neville & Perry’s Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
Natura Brevium.
Newfoundland Reports.
Nebraska Reports.
Nell’s Ceylon Reports.
Nelson’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Nevada Reports.
Neville & Manning’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Neville & Perry’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
New Brunswick Reports.
See N. Y.
Newfoundland Reports.
Nient culpable, — not guilty.
Non culpabilis, — not guilty.
Norman French.
Norris’ Pa. Reports.
Northington’s Eng. Chancery Reports, Eden’s Re-
ports.
Northwestern Reporter.
Nott & Huntington’s Reports, U. S. Court of Claims
Reports, vols. 1-17.
Nott & Hopkins’ Reports, U. S. Court of Claims,
vols. &-29.
Nott & McCord’s South Carolina Reports.
Nova Scotia Supreme Court Reports.
Nova Scotia Law Reports.
Ohio Reports; Otto’s Reports, U. S. Supreme
Court Reports, vols. 91-107.
Orphans’ Court.
Old Series.
Ohio State Reports.
Ogden’s Reports, Louisiana Annual.
Ohio Reports.
Ohio Circuit Court Reports.
Ohio State Reports.
Oklahoma Reports.
Oliver’s Precedents.
Oldright’s Nova Scotia Reports.
OUivier, Bell, & Fitzgerald’s New Zealand Re-
ports.
Ollivier, Bell, & Fitzgerald’s Supreme Court New
Zealand Reports.
Ontario Reports.
Ontario Appeal Reports, Canada.
40
ABBREVIATIONS
Or Oregon Reports.
Greg. . . . Oregon Reports.
Orl. Bridg. . . Orlando Bridgman’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Orl. T. R Orleans Term Reports, vols. 1 and 2, Martin’s Re-
ports, Louisiana.
Orm Ormond’s Reports, Alabama, New Series.
Otto . Otto’s U. S. Supreme Court Reports.
Out. Outerbridge’s Pa. Reports.
Over. . . Overton’s Tennessee Reports.
Ow., or Owen . . Owen’s Eng. King’s Bench and Common Pleas
Reports.
Owen (New South
Wales) …. Owen’s New South Wales Reports.
P. C Privy Council; Prize Court; Probate Court; Par-
liamentary Cases; Pleas of the Crown; Practice
Cases; Prize Cases; Precedents in Chancery;
Procedure Civile; Penal Code; Political Code,
P. C. App. . . . Privy Council Appeals, English Law Reports.
P. C. C Privy Council Cases.
P. C. Rep. . . . Privy Council Reports, English.
P. Div. . . . Probate Division, Eng. Law Reports.
P. E. I. Rep. . . Prince Edward Island Reports (Habiland’s).
P. F. S. . . . P. F. Smith’s Pa. Reports.
P. L Pamphlet Laws; Public Laws; Poor Laws.
P. R Pennsylvania Reports, by Penrose & Watts.
P. R Pyke’s Reports, Canada.
P. R. U. C. … Practice Reports, Upper Canada.
P. S. R Pennsylvania State Reports.
P. W., or P. Wms. Peere WiUiams’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
P. & C Prideaux & Cole’s Eng. Reports.
P. & D Perry & Davidson’s Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
P. & H. . . Patton & Heath’s Virginia Reports.
P. & M. . . Philip & Mary; Pollock & Maitland’s History.
I P. & M. . The first year of the reign of Philip & Mary.
P. & W. . . Penrose and Watts’ Pennsylvania Reports.
Pa Pennsylvania Reports.
Pa. Co. Ct. R. Pennsylvania County Court ReportB.
Pa. Dist. R. Pennsylvania District Reports.
Pa. St. . Pennsylvania State Reports.
Pac. Rep. . . Pacific Reporter.
Pai., Paige, or
Paige Ch. . Paige’s New York Chancery Reports.
Paine … . Paine’s Reports, TJ. S. Circ. Ct., 2d Circuit.
Palm Palmer’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Palm. (Vt.) . . Palmer’s Vermont Reports.
Pamph Pamphlet.
ABBREVIATIONS
41
Papy Papy’s Florida Reports.
Par Parker’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Par Paragraph.
Park Parker’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Park. Cr. Cas., or
Park. Cr. Rep. Parker’s Criminal Reports, New York.
Park. (N. H.) Parker’s New Hampshire Reports.
Park. Rev. Cas. Parker’s Eng. Exchequer Reports (Revenue Cases).
Pars. Part. Parsons on Partnership.
Pars. Cent. Parsons on Contracts.
Pas. . . Terminus Paschae, — Easter Term.
Pasch. . . . Paschal’s Texas Reports.
Pat. App. Cas. . Paton’s Scotch Appeal Cases, Eng. House of Lords;
Craigie, Stewart, & Paton’s Reports.
Pat. Off. Gaz. . Official Gazette, U. S. Patent Office, Washington,
D. C.
Pat. &H.,or Fatten
&H. . .
Pat. & Mur.
Peak., or Peak.
N. P. Cas.
Peck (HI.) . .
Peck, or Peck
(Tenn.)
Peere Wms., or
Peere Williams.
Pen. . . .
Penning. . . .
Penny. . .
Penr. & W.
Per. & Dav. . .
Per. C. L. PI.
Perry Tr.
Pet., or Peters
Pet. C.C, or Peters
C. C. . .
Ph., or PhU. .
Phila. . .
Patton & Heath’s Virginia Reports.
Paterson & Murray’s New South Wales Reports.
Peake’s Eng. Nisi Prius Cases.
Peck’s lUinois Reports, (11-38 Illinois).
Phill. . . .
PhiU. Eq. . .
PhiU. Law (N. C.)
Pick. . .
Pickle . . .
Pike …
Pinn
Peck’s Tennessee Reports.
Peere Williams’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
Pennington’s New Jersey Law Reports.
Pennington’s New Jersey Law Reports.
Pennypacker’s Pennsylvania Reports.
Penrose & Watts’ Peimsylvania Reports.
Perry & Davison’s Eng. Queen’s Bench Reports.
Perry on Common Law Pleading.
Perry on Trusts and Trustees.
Peters’ U. S. Supreme Court Reports.
Peters’ Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 3d Circuit.
Phillips’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
Philadelphia Reports, Common Pleas of Phila-
delphia County.
Phillimore’s Eng. Ecclesiastical Reports.
Phillips’ North Carolina Equity Reports.
PhiUips’ North Carolina Law Reports.
Pickering’s Massachusetts Reports.
Pickle’s Tennessee Reports.
Pike’s Arkansas Reports.
Pinney’s Wisconsin Reports.
42
ABBREVIATIONS
Pitts. Repts. . . . Pittsburgh Reports, Pennsylvania.
PI. C. . Placita Coronse, — Pleas of the Crown.
Po. Ct. . Police Court.
Pol. . . PoUexfen’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Poll. & Maitl. Pollock & Maitland’s History of Eng. Law.
Pom. Cod. Rem. Pomeroy’s Code Remedies.
Poph. Popham’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Port. . Porter’s Alabama Reports.
Port. (Ind.) Porter’s Indiana Reports.
Post . . Post’s Michigan Reports.
Post (Mo.) . Post’s Reports, Missouri, vol. 64.
Poth. Obi. Pothier on Obligations.
Pr. Exch. Price’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Pr. & Div. . Probate and Divorce.
Pref. . Preface.
Price, or Price
Exch. . Price’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Prick. (Id.) . Prickett’s Idaho Reports.
Pugs. . . Pugsley’s New Brunswick Reports.
Pugs. & Bur. . Pugsley & Burbridge’s New Brunswick Reports.
Puis Pulsifer’s’ Maine Reports.
Pyke Pyke’s Reports, Lower Canada, King’s Bench.
Q Question; Quorum.
Q. B. Court of Queen’s Bench.
Q. B. U. C. … Queen’s Bench Reports, Upper Canada.
Q. C. . … Queen’s Counsel.
Q. S. . . . Quarter Sessions.
Q. t. … Qui tarn, — who as well.
Q. V. . Quod vide, — which see.
Q. War. . Quo warranto, — by what authority.
Qua.’cl. fr. . . Quare clausum f regit, ^ — ^ because he had broken the
close.
Quebec L. Rep. . Quebec Law Reports.
Queens. L. R. . Queensland Law Reports.
Quin. . Quinoy’s Massachusetts Reports.
Quo. War. . . Quo warranto.
R. . . Resolved; Repealed; Revised; Revision; Rolls;
King Richard.
I R. Ill The first year of the reign of King Richard III.
R. (Pa.) . . . Rawle’s Pennsylvania Reports.
R. I. Rhode Island Reports.
R. L. & S. Ridgeway, Lapp, & Schoales’ Irish King’s Bench
Reports.
R. L. & W. . Roberts, Leaming, & Wallis’ Eng. County Court
Reports.
R. M. Charlt. . . R. M. Charlton’s Georgia Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS
43
R. S.
R. P. & W. (Pa.).
R. & M., or R. &
My. .
R. & M. C. C.
R. & M. N. P.
R. & R. C. C.
Rand. . .
Rand. (Kan.)
Rand. (La.). .
Raym.
Raney
Rawle
Raym., or
Ld. . .
Raym. T.
Rec.
Rec. Dec.
Reding.
Reed Con. L. S,
Reeve Eng. L.,
Reeve H. E.
Reeves R. P.
Rep.
Res. Cas. .
Rev.
Rev. Stat. .
Reyn.
Rice . .
Rice Ch. . .
Rich. . . .
Rich. (N. H.)
Rich. Ch., or Rich.
Eq.
Rich. N. S.
Ridg. App. .
Ridg. L. & S. .
Ridg. P. C.
Riley
Rob. . .
Rob. (Cal.)
Rob. (Hawaii) . .
Rob. (La.) ….
Revised Statutes.
(Rawle) Penrose & Watts’ Pennsylvania Reports.
Russell & Mylne’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Ryan & Moody’s Eng. Crown Cases Reserved.
Ryan & Moody’s Eng. Nisi Prius Cases.
Russell & Ryan’s Eng. Crown Cases Reserved.
Randolph’s Virginia Reports.
Randolph’s Kansas Reports.
Randolph’s Reports’, Louisiana Annual Reports,
vols. 7-11.
Raney’s Florida Reports.
Rawle’s Pennsylvania Reports.
Lord Raymond’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
T. Raymond’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Recorder.
Vaux’s Recorder’s Decisions, Philadelphia.
Redington’s Maine Reports.
Reed on the Conduct of Law Suits.
Reeve’s History of the English Law.
Reeves on Real Property.
Repealed; Reports; Repertoire.
Reserved Cases.
Reversed; Revised; Revenue.
Revised Statutes.
Reynold’s Mississippi Reports.
Rice’s South Carolina Law Reports.
Rice’s South Carolina Chancery Reports.
Richardson’s South Carolina Law Reports.
Richardson’s Reports, New Hampshire Reports,
vols. 3-5.
Richardson’s South Carolina Chancery Reports.
Richardson’s South Carolina Reports, New Series.
Ridgeway’s Irish Appeal Cases.
Ridgeway, Lapp, & Schoales’ Reports (Irish Term
Reports).
Ridgeway’s Irish Appeal (Parliamentary) Cases.
Riley’s South Carolina Law Reports.
Robinson’s Eng. House of Lords Reports, Scotch
Appeals.
Robinson’s California Reports.
Robinson’s Hawaiian Reports.
Robinson’s Louisiana Reports.
44
ABBREVIATIONS
Rob. (La. Ann.)
Rob. (Mo.) . . .
Rob. (Nev.)
Rob. (Va.) . . . .
Rob. Adm., or Rob.
Chr.
Rob. Am. J. . .
Rob. App.
Rob. Chr. Adm.
Rob. El. L.
Rob. For. Or. .
Rob. Jr., or Rob,
Wm
Rob. Pr. .
Rob. S. I.
Rob. Sc. App.
Rob. U. C.
Rob. (Wm.) Adm.
Rob. &J. .
Robert. . . .
Robt. (N. Y.)
Rodm. (Ky.) .
Rolle Abr.
Rolls Ct. Rep.
Root ….
Rowell . . . .
Rt. Law Repts.
Ruff. . .
Runn
Russ. . .
Russ. & Ches. . .
Russ. & Ches. Eq.
Russ. & Geld.
Russ. & M.
Russ. & R. .
Ry. & M. C. C.
Ry. & M. N. P.
s., or §
S. . .
Robinson’s Reports, Louisiana Annual, vols. 1-4.
Robard’s Missouri Reports.
Robinson’s Reports, Nevada Reports, vol. 1.
Robinson’s Virginia Reports.
Chr. Robinson’s Eng. Admiralty Reports.
Robinson’s American Jurisprudence.
Robinson’s Eng. House of Lords Reports, Scotch
Appeals.
Chr. Robinson’s Eng. Admiralty Reports.
Robinson’s Elementary Law.
Robinson’s Forensic Oratory.
Wm. Robinson’s Eng. Admiralty Reports.
Robinson’s Practice.
Robinson’s Reports, Sandwich Islands.
Robinson’s Eng. House of Lords Reports, Scotch
Appeals.
Robinson’s Reports, Upper Canada.
Wm. Robinson’s Eng. Admiralty Reports.
Robard & Jackson’s Reports, Texas Reports, vols.
26-27.
Robertson’s Eng. House of Lords Reports, Scotch
Appeals.
Robertson’s Reports, New York City Superior Court
Reports, vols. 24-30.
Rodman’s Kentucky Reports, vols. 78-82.
RoUe’s Abridgment.
RoUs Court Reports, English.
Root’s Coimecticut Reports.
RoweU’s Vermont Reports.
Rent Law Reports, India.
Ruffin’s Reports, North Carolina (vol. 1, Hawk’s
Reports).
Runnell’s Iowa Reports.
Russell’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Russell & Chesley’s Nova Scotia Reports.
Russell & Chesley’s Nova Scotia Equity Reports.
Russell & Geldert’s Nova Scotia Reports.
Russell & Mylne’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Russell & Ryan’s Eng. Crown Cases Reserved.
Ryan & Moody’s Eng. Crown Cases Reserved.
Ryan & Moody’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Section.
Shaw & Dunlop’s Reports, Scotch Court of Session
(1st Series).
ABBREVIATIONS 45
S. App Shaw’s Appeal Cases, Scotland.
S. A. L. R. . . South Australian Law Reports.
S. C. , Same case; Senatus-Consulti; Session Cases; Su-
perior Court; Supreme Court.
S. C. . … South Carolina Reports.
S. C. Rep Supreme Court Reports.
S. Dak. . . South Dakota Reports.
S. E. Rep. . . Southeastern Reporter.
S. F. A Sudder Foujdaree Adawlut Reports, India.
S. Just Shaw’s Justiciary Cases, Scotch.
S. L Session Law; Solicitor at Law; Statute Law.
S. L. C. . . . Stuart’s Lower Canada Appeal Cases.
S. P Same point; Same principle.
S. Teinds . . . Shaw’s Teinds Cases, Scotch Courts.
S. V. A. R. Stuart’s Vice-Admiralty Reports, Lower Canada.
S. W. Rep. Southwestern Reporter.
S. & B. . . Smith & Batty’s Irish King’s Bench Reports.
S. & D. . . . Shaw & Dunlop’s Scotch Court of Session (1st
Series).
S. & L. . . Schoales & Lefroy’s Irish Chancery Reports.
S. & M., or S. &
M’L. . . Shaw & Maclean’s Appeal Cases, Eng. House of
Lords.
S. & M., or S. &
Mar. Smedes & Marshall’s Reports, Mississippi Reports,
vols. 9-22.
S. & M. Ch., or S.
& Mar. Ch. . Smedes & Marshall’s Mississippi Chancery Reports.
S. & R. . . Sargeant & Rawle’s Pa. Reports.
S. & S Simon & Stuart’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
S. & Sc. . . Sausse & Scully’s Irish Chancery Reports.
S. & Sm Searle & Smith’s Eng. Probate and Divorce Reports.
S. & T. . . . Swabey & Tristram’s Eng. Probate and Divorce
Reports.
Salt Salkeld’s Eng. Reports.
Sand. Inst., or
Sand. Just. . Sandar’s Institutes of Justinian.
Sandf. Ch. . . Sandford’s New York Chancery Reports.
Sanf. (Ala.) . Sanford’s Alabama Reports.
Sau. & Sc. . Sausse & Scully’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Saund. . Saunders’ Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Saund. & C. . Saunders & Cole’s Eng. Bail Court Reports.
Sausse & Sc. Sausse & Scully’s Irish Chancery Reports.
Sav. . . . Saville’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Sav. Hist. Rom. L. Savigny’s History of the Roman Law.
Sav. Obi Savigny on Obligations.
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ABBREVIATIONS
Saw
Sax., or Saxt. Ch. .
Say
Sch. B. & C. . . .
Sch. Dom. Rel. .
Sch. Pers. Prop.
Sc. . .
Sc
Sci. fa. . .
Sen. . . .
SCO.
SCO. N. R
Scot. .
Searle & Sm.
sec, or §.
Sec. leg.
Sec. rag.
Sedg. El. Dam.
Seign.
Sel. Cas. D. A. . .
Seld., or Seld. (N.
Y.)
Serg. & Rawle
Sess. Cas. .
Sess. Cas. Sc
Sev.
Sev. S. D. A.
Sh
Sh. App. .
Sh. W. & C.
Sh. & Dunl.
Sh. & Macl.
Shand .
Sharsw. Leg. Eth.
Shaw . . .
ShawCVt.) . . .
Sawyer’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 9th Circuit.
Saxton’s Chancery Reports, New Jersey Equity
Reports, vol. 1.
Sayer’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Schouler on Bailments and Carriers.
Schouler on Domestic Relations.
Schouler on Personal Property.
Scott’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Scilicet, — that is to say.
Scire facias.
Scilicet, — that is to say.
Scott’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Scott’s New Reports, Eng. Common Pleas.
Scotland; Scottish.
Searle & Smith’s Eng. Probate and Divorce Reports.
Section.
Secundum legem, — according to law.
Secundum regulam, — according to rule.
Sedgwick’s Elements of Damages.
Seigniorial Reports, Quebec.
Select Cases, Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, India.
Selden’s Reports, New York Ct. of Appeals Re-
ports, vols. 5-10.
Sergeant & Rawle’s Pa. Reports.
Session Cases, Eng. King’s Bench.
Session Cases, Scotch Court of Session.
Sevestre’s Calcutta Reports.
Sevestre’s Sudder Dewanny Adawlut Reports,
Bengal.
Shaw’s Reports, Scotch Court of Session, First
Series.
Shaw’s Appeal Cases, Eng. House of Lords, Appeals
from Scotland.
Shaw, Wilson, & Courtnay’s Eng. House of Lords
Reports, Scotch Appeals (Wilson and Shaw’s
Reports).
Shaw & Dunlop’s Reports, First Series, Scotch
Court of Session.
Shaw & Maclean’s Appeal Cases, Eng. House of
Lords.
Shand’s South Carolina Reports.
Sharswood’s Legal Ethics.
Shaw’s Reports, First Series, Scotch Court of
Session.
Shaw’s Vermont Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS 47
Shaw App. . . Shaw’s Appeal Cases, Eng. House of Lords, Ap-
peals from Scotland.
Shaw Jus. . Shaw’s Justiciary Cases, Scotch Justiciary Courts.
Shaw & Dunl. . Shaw & Dunlop’s Reports, First Series, Scotch
Court of Session.
Shaw & Macl. Shaw & Maclean’s Scotch Appeal Cases, Eng.
House of Lords.
Shep Shepherd’s Alabama Reports.
Shep. Touch. Sheppard’s Touchstone.
Shepl. . . Shepley’s Maine Reports.
Sher. Ct. Rep. Sheriff Court Reports, Scotland.
Shipp . . . Shipp’s North Carolina Reports.
Shirl. Shirley’s New Hampshire Reports.
Show. Shower’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Sick. . Siokels’ N. Y. Court of Appeals Reports.
Sid. Siderfin’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Silvern. . Silvemail’s New York Court of Appeals Reports.
Silvern. N. Y. Sup.
Ct. . . . Silvemail’s New York Supreme Court Reports.
Sim. N. S. Simon’s Eng. Chancery Reports, New Series.
Simp. Cas. Torts. Simpson’s Cases on Torts.
Skink. . Skinker’s Missouri Reports.
Skinn Skinner’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Slade Slade’s Vermont Reports.
Sm. Smith’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Sm. (E. D.) . E. D. Smith’s New York Common Pleas Reports.
Sm. (Ind.) . Smith’s Indiana Reports.
Sm. (K. B.) . Smith’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Sm. (Me.) . Smith’s Maine Reports.
Sm. (N. H.) Smith’s New Hampshire Reports.
Sm. (N. Y.) . . Smith’s New York Court of Appeals Reports, vols.
15-27.
Sm. (Pa.), or Sm.
(P. F.) . Smith’s Pennsylvania State Reports, vols. 51-81.
Sm. (Wis.) • Smith’s Wisconsin Reports.
Sm. E. D. . E. D. Smith’s New York Common Pleas Reports.
Sm. Eng. . . . Smith’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Sm. L. C. . Smith’s Leading Cases.
Sm. & Bat. Smith & Batty’s Irish King’s Bench Reports.
Sm. & G. . Smale & Oiffard’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Sm. & M. . Smedes & Marshall’s Mississippi Reports, vols.
9-22.
Sm. & M. Ch. Smedes & Marshall’s Mississippi Chancery Reports.
Smale & Gift. Smale & Giffard’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Smedes & M. Smedes & Marshall’s Mississippi Reports, vols.
9-22.
48 ABBREVIATIONS
Smedes & M. Ch. Smedes & Marshall’s Mississippi Chancery Reports.
Smith . See Sm.
Smy. . . . . Smythe’s Irish Common Pleas and Exchequer
Reports.
Sn. or Sneed . . Sneed’s Tennessee Reports.
Sneed Dec, or
Sneed Ky. . . . Sneed’s Kentucky Decisions.
So. Austr. L. R. South Australian Law Reports.
So. Car South Carolina Reports.
So. Rep. . Southern Reporter.
South. . . Southard’s New Jersey Law Reports.
Sp. T. . Special Term.
Spear . . Spear’s South Carolina Reports.
Spear Ch., or
Spear Eq. Spear’s South Carolina Chancery Reports.
Spenc. . Spencer’s New Jersey Law Reports.
Spenc. (Minn.) . Spencer’s Minnesota Reports.
Spink . . Spink’s Eng. Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Re-
ports.
Spoon. . . . Spooner’a Wisconsin Reports.
Spott. . . Spottiswoode’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Spott. C. L. Rep. Spottiswoode’s Common Law Reports.
Spott. Eq. Rep. Spottiswoode’s Eng. Equity Reports.
Spr. . Sprague’s Decisions, U. S. Dist. Court, Massar
chusetts.
St. . . . State; Statute; Statutes at large.
St. . . Story’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 1st Circuit.
St. . . . Stair’s Scotch Court of Sessions Reports.
St. Ch. Cas. . . Star Chamber Cases.
St. P State Papers.
St. Rep State Reports.
St. Tr. . . . State Trials.
Stair . . Stair’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Stant. . . . . Stanton’s Ohio Reports.
Star Ch. Cas. . Star Chamber Cases.
Stark. N. P. Starkie’s Eng. Nisi Prius Reports.
Stat. Statute.
Stat, at L. . . Statutes at Large.
Stat. Glo. Statute of Gloucester.
Stat. Marl. Statute of Marlbridge.
Stat. Mer. Statute of Merton.
Stat. Westm. . . Statute of Westminster.
Stat. Winch. . . Statute of Winchester.
State Tr. State Trials.
Steph. Dig. Ev. Stephens’ Digest of the Law of Evidence.
Stew. (Ala.) . . Stewart’s Alabama Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS
49
Stew. Adm., or
Stew. V. A. . . Stewart’s Vice-Admiralty Reports, Nova Scotia.
Stew. (N. J.) . . Stewart’s New Jersey Equity Reports, vols. 28-33.
Stew. & Port. . Stewart & Porter’s Alabama Reports.
Stim. L. Diet. . Stimson’s Law Dictionary.
StUes Stiles’ Iowa Reports.
Sto Story’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Courts, 1st Circuit.
Stock Stockton’s New Jersey Equity Reports.
Stock. (Md.) . . Stockett’s Maryland Reports.
Story Story’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 1st Circuit.
Story Eq. PI. . Story on Equity Pleading.
Stra., or Strange Strange’s Eng. Reports.
Stringf. Stringfellow’s Missouri Reports.
Strob. Strobhart’s South Carolina Law Reports.
Strob.Ch.jorStrob.
Eq. . . . Strobhart’s South Carolina Equity Reports.
Stu., or Stuart . . Stuart, Milne, & Peddie’s Scotch Court of Session
Reports.
Stu.App.,orStu.K.
B., or Stu. L. C.
Stu. Adm., or Stu.
V. A.
Stu. M. & P. .
Sty. . . .
Sad. Dew. Adul.
Sud. Dew. Rep.
Sum
Stmm. . . .
Sup
Sup., or Supp. .
Surr. . .
Suth.
Swab. Adm.
Swab. & Trist.
Swan ….
Swans
Swift Dig. .
Syme .
T. B. Monr.
T. Jones
T. R
T. Raym. . . .
Stuart’s Reports, Lower Canada King’s Bench.
Stuart’s Vice-Admiralty Reports, Lower Canada.
Stuart, Milne, & Peddie’s Scotch Court of Session
Reports.
Styles’ Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Sudder Dewanny Adulat Reports, India.
Sudder Dewanny Reports, N. W. Provinces, India.
Summa, — the summary of a law.
Sumner’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 1st Circuit.
Superseded; Superior; Supreme.
Supplement.
Surrogate.
Sutherland’s Calcutta Reports.
Swabey’s Eng. Admiralty Reports.
Swabey & Tristram’s Eng. Probate and Divorce
Reports.
Swan’s Tennessee Reports.
Swanston’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Swift’s Digest, Connecticut.
Syme’s Justiciary Cases, Scotland.
T. B. Monroe’s Kentucky Court of Appeals Reports.
T. Jones’ Eng. King’s Bench and Common Pleas
Reports.
Term Reports, Eng. King’s Bench (Dumford and
East’s Reports).
T. Raymond’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
4
50 ABBREVIATIONS
T. T Trinity Term.
T. U. P. Charlt. . T. U. P. Charlton’s Georgia Reports.
T. & C. . . . Thompson & Cook’s New York Supreme Court
Reports.
T. & G Tjnrwhitt & Granger’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
T. & M Temple & Mew’s Reports, Eng. Criminal Appeal
Cases.
T. & P Turner & Phillips’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
T. & R Turner & Russell’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Taml Tamlyn’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Tann Tanner’s Indiana Reports.
Taunt Taunton’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Tay Taylor’s Upper Canada King’s Bench Reports.
Tayl. (J. L.) . Taylor’s North Carolina Term Reports.
Tayl. (U. C.) Taylor’s Upper Canada King’s Bench Reports.
Temp Tempore, — in the time of.
Tenn. . . . Tennessee Reports.
Tenn. Ch. . . . Tennessee Chancery Reports (Cooper’s).
Term . . . Term Reports, Eng. King’s Bench (Dumford and
East’s Reports).
Term N. C. . Term Reports, North Carolina, (Taylor’s).
Terr Terrell’s Texas Reports; Territory.
Terr. & Wal. Terrell & Walker’s Texas Reports, vols. 38-51.
Tex. Texas Reports.
Tex. App. . Texas Court of Appeals Reports.
Tex. Cr. App. . . Texas Criminal Appeals.
Tex. Civ. App. Texas Civil Appeals.
Thach. Cr. Cas. Thacher’s Criminal Cases, Massachusetts.
Thay. Ev. . . Thayer’s Preliminary Treatise on Evidence.
Thay. Cas. Ev. Thayer’s Cases on Evidence.
Thorn. . . . Thomas’ Nova Scotia Reports.
Thom. (Wy.) . Thomas’ Wyoming Reports.
Thorn. & Fr. . Thomas & Franklin’s Reports, Maryland Ch. Dec,
vol. 1.
Thomp. (Cal.) Thompson’s CaUfornia Reports, vols. 39-40.
Thomp. (N. S.) Thompson’s Nova Scotia Reports.
Thomp. & C. Thompson & Cook’s New York Supreme Court
Reports.
Tiff Tiffany’s New York Court of Appeals Reports,
vols. 28-39.
Tinw. . . . Tinwald’s Scotch Court of Session Reports.
Tit. . . Title.
Tobey . Tobey’s Rhode Island Reports.
Touch Sheppard’s Touchstone.
Tread Treadway’s South CaroUna Reports (Constitutional
Reports).
ABBREVIATIONS
51
Tuck Tucker’s Surrogate Reports, New York.
Tuck Tucker’s Court of Appeals, D. of C. Reports,
vols. 1-2.
Tuck. & CI. . . Tucker & Clephane’s Reports, D. of C. Reports,
vol. 21.
Tuck. Bla. Com. . Tucker’s Blackstone’s Commentaries.
Tup. App. . . Tupper’s Ontario Appeal Reports.
Turn. (Ark.) . Turner’s Arkansas Reports, vols. 35-48.
Turn. & Ph. . . . Turner & Phillips’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
Turn. & Rus. Turner & Russell’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Tutt Tuttle’s California Reports.
Tutt. & Carp. . . Tuttle & Carpenter’s CaUfornia Reports, vol. 52.
Tyler . . . Tyler’s Vermont Reports.
Tyng . Tyng’ Massachusetts Reports.
U. B. . . Upper Bench.
U. C. . … Upper Canada.
U. C. App. . Upper Canada Appeal Reports.
U. C. C. P. . Upper Canada Conmion Pleas Reports.
U. C. Cham. Upper Canada Chambers Reports.
U. C. Chan. . . Upper Canada Chancery Reports.
U. C. £. & A. . Upper Canada Error and Appeals Reports.
U. C. O. S. . Upper Canada Queen’s Bench Reports, Old Series.
U. C. Q. B. . . Upper Canada Queen’s Bench Reports.
U. C. Q. B. O. S. Upper Canada Queen’s Bench Reports, Old Series.
U. K. . . . United Kingdom.
U. S. . . United States Reports.
U. S. App. . . . United States Appeals, Circuit Courts of Appeals.
U. S. R. S. . . United States Revised Statutes.
U. S. Stat. …. United States Statutes at Large.
Up. Can. … See T7. C.
Utah . . . . Utah Reports.
V Versus; Victoria; Victorian.
V. A. Q., or V.
Adm. . . Vice-Admiralty Court.
V. C Vice-Chancellor; Vice-Chancellor’s Court.
V. C. Rep. . . Vice-Chancellor’s Reports, English.
V. & B Vesey & Beames’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
V. & S Vernon & Scriven’s Irish King’s Bench Reports.
Va • Virginia Reports.
Va. Cas. . . . Virginia Cases.
Va. R. . . Gihner’s Virginia Reports.
Van K Van Koughnet’s Upper Canada Com. Pleas Reports,
vols. 15-21.
Van Ness …. Van Ness’ Reports, U. S. District Courts, New
York.
Vaugh Vaughan’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
52
ABBREVIATIONS
Vaux . . . .
. . Vaux’s Recorder’s Decisions, Philadelphia.
Veaz
. . Veazey’s Vermont Reports.
Verm. . . .
. . Vermont Reports.
Vera
. . Vernon’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Vera. & Sc. .
. . Vernon & Scriven’s Irish King’s Bench Reports.
Ves. . .
. . Vesey, Senior’s, Eng. Chancery Reports.
Ves. Jun. . .
. . Vesey, Junior’s, Eng. Chancery Reports.
Ves. & Beam.
. Vesey & Beames’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
Vic, or Vict.
Queen Victoria.
Vict. L. R. . .
. . Victorian Law Reports, Colony of Victoria.
Vict. Rep. . .
. . Victorian Reports, Colony of Victoria.
Vin. Abr. .
Viner’s Abridgment.
Vin. Supp. . .
. . Supplement to Viner’s Abridgment.
Vir.
. Virgin’s Maine Reports.
Virg. . . .
Virginia Reports.
Virg. Cas.
Virginia Cases.
Viz. . . .
Videlicet, — that is to say.
Voor. Ar.
. Voorhees on Arrest.
Vr., or Vroom
. . Vroom’s New Jersey Law Reports, vols. 30-56.
Vs
Versus.
Vt
. Vermont Reports.
W. .
. . King William.
I W. I.
. . The first year of the reign of King William I.
W. Bla.
. William Blackstone’s Eng. King’s Bench and Com-
mon Pleas Reports.
W. C. C.
. . Washington’s Circuit Court Reports, U. S., 3d
Circuit.
W. H. & G.
. . Welsby, Hurlstone, & Gordon’s Eng. Exchequer
Reports, vols. 1-9.
W. Jones .
. . Wm. Jones’ Eng. Reports.
“W. Kel. .
. . Wm. Kelynge’s Eng. King’s Bench and Chancery
Reports.
W. N. Cas.
. . Weekly Notes of Cases, Philadelphia.
W. Ty. R.
. Washington Territory Reports.
Wash. R. .
Washington Reports.
W.Va.
. . West Virginia Reports.
W. W. & D.
WiUmore, Wollaston, & Davison’s Eng. Queen’s
Bench Reports.
W. W. & H.
Wilhnore, Wollaston, & Hodge’s Eng. Queen’s
Bench Reports.
W. &M. .
William & Mary.
W. &M.
. . Woodbury & Minot’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court,
1st Circuit.
W. & S. .
Watts & Sergeant’s Pa. Reports.
W. & S. App.
Wilson & Shaw’s Scotch Appeals, Eng. House of
Lords.
ABBREVIATIONS
53
Wa. . .
Wa.
Walk. Am. L. . .
Walk. (Mich.) .
Walk. (Miss.)
Walk. (Tex.) . .
Wall
WaU. C. C. .
Wall. Jun. . .
WaUis .
Wanib. Cas. Anal.
Wamb. Cas. Ag.
Wamb. Stud. Cas.
Ward. (Ohio)
Ward. & Sm.
Ware . . .
Wash.
Wash. (Va.)
Wash. C. C.
Wash. Ty. . .
Washb. . .
Wat. (C. G. H.)
Watermeyer .
Watts …
Watts (W. Va.) .
Watts & Sen .
Webb
Webb, A’B. & W.
Webb, A’B. & W.
Eq. . .
Webb, A’B. & W.
I. P. & M. .
Webb & D.
Welsby, H. & G.
Wend.
West. H. L. . . .
West. Rep. . .
WestVa. . . .
Westm
Wales.
Watts’ Pa. Reports.
Walker’s American Law.
Walker’s Michigan Chancery Reports.
Walker’s Mississippi Reports, vol. 1.
Walker’s Texas Reports, vol. 25.
Wallace’s U. S. Supreme Court Reports.
Wallace’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 3d Circuit.
Wallace, Junior’s, Reports, U. S. Circuit Court,
3d Circuit.
Wallis’ Irish Chancery Reports.
Wambaugh’s Cases for Analysis.
Wambaugh’s Cases on Agency.
Wambaugh’s Study of Cases.
Warden’s Ohio State Reports.
Warden & Smith’s Ohio State Reports, vol. 3.
Ware’s Reports, U. S. District Court, Maine.
Washington State Reports.
Washington’s Virginia Reports.
Washington’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 3d
Circuit.
Washington Territory Reports.
Washburn’s Vermont Reports.
Watermeyer’s Cape of Good Hope Supreme Court
Reports.
Watermeyer’s Cape of Good Hope Supreme Court
Reports.
Watt’s Pa. Reports.
Watts’ West Virginia Reports.
Watts & Sergeant’s Pa. Reports.
Webb’s Kansas Reports.
Webb, A’Beckett, & Williams’ Victoria Reports.
Webb, A’Beckett, & Williams’ Victoria Equity
Reports.
Webb, A’Beckett, & Williams’ Victoria Insolvencj’,
Probate, and Matrimonial Reports.
Webb & Duval’s Texas Reports.
Welsby, Hurlstone, & Gordon’s Eng. Exchequer
Reports, vols. 1-9.
Wendell’s New York Supreme Court Reports.
West’s Eng. House of Lords Reports.
Western Reporter.
West Virginia Reports.
Statute of Westminster.
54
ABBREVIATIONS
Weston . . Weston’s Vermont Reports.
Weth. (U. C.) . Wethey’s Upper Canada Queen’s Bench Reports.
Wh., or Whart. . Wharton’s Pa. Reports.
Wh. . Wheaton’s U. S. Supreme Court Reports.
Wh. Cr. Cas. Wheeler’s Criminal Cases, New York.
Whart., or Wh. . Wharton’s Pa. Reports.
Wheat. . . . Wheaton’s U. S. Supreme Court Reports.
Wheel. . . Wheelock’s Texas Reports.
Wheel. Cr. Cas. . Wheeler’s Criminal Cases, New York.
White White’s West Virginia Reports.
Whitt. . . . Whittlesey’s Missouri Reports.
Wig. Ev. . Wigmore on Evidence.
Wig. Code Ev. . Wigmore’s Code of Evidence.
Wig. Cas. Ev. Wigmore’s Cases on Evidence.
Wight. . Wightwick’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Wile. . . . Wilcox’s Ohio Reports.
Wile. Cond. . Wilcox’s Condensed Reports, Ohio.
Wilk. P. & M. Wilkinson, Paterson, & Murray’s New South Wales
Reports.
Wilk. & Ow. Wilkinson & Owen’s New South Wales Reports.
Wilk. & Pat. . Wilkinson & Paterson’s New South Wales Reports.
Will. (Mass.) Williams’ Massachusetts Reports, vol. 1.
Will. (Peere) . . Peere Williams’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
Will. (Vt.) . Williams’ Vermont Reports.
Willes Willes’ Eng. King’s Bench and Common Pleas
Reports.
Williams . WiUiams’ Massachusetts Reports.
Williams, Peere Peere Williams’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
Willm. W. & D. Willmore, Wollaston, & Davison’s Eng. Queen’s
Bench Reports.
Willm. W. & H. . WiUmore, Wollaston, & Hodge’s Eng. Queen’s
Bench Reports.
Will. Cas. Cont. . Williston’s Cases on Contracts.
Wils Wilson’s Eng. King’s Bench and Common Pleas
Reports.
Wils. (Cal.) . . Wilson’s California Reports.
Wils. (Ind.) . . . Wilson’s Indiana Supreme Court Reports.
Wils. (Dreg.) . . Wilson’s Oregon Reports.
Wils. Ch. . Wilson’s Eng. Chancery Reports.
Wils. Exeh. . . Wilson’s Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Wils. & C. . . . Wilson & Courtenay’s Eng. House of Lords Re-
ports, Appeals from Scotland.
Wils. & S Wilson & Shaw’s Eng. House of Lords Reports,
Appeals from Scotland.
Win., or Winch . . Winch’s Eng. Common Pleas Reports.
Wins. . Winston’s North Carolina Reports.
ABBREVIATIONS 55
Wins. Eq Winston’s North Carolina Equity Reports.
Wis. … . Wisconsin Reports.
With Withrow’s Iowa Reports.
Wm. Bl. . . . William Blackstone’s Eng. Reports.
Wm. Rob. . . . WiUiam Robinson’s New Admiralty Eng. Reports.
Wms. (Mass.) . . Williams’ Massachusetts Reports, vol. 1.
Wms. (Peere) . Peere Williams’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
Wms. (Vt.) . WilUams’ Vermont Reports.
Wms. P. . Peere WiUiams’ Eng. Chancery Reports.
Woer. Ad. . Woemer on the American Law of Administration.
Woll WoUaston’s Eng. Bail Court Reports.
Wood … . Wood’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 5th Circuit.
Woodb. & M. . Woodbury & Minot’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court,
1st Circuit.
Woods, or Woods
C. C. Woods’ Reports, U.S. Circuit Court, 5th Circuit.
Wool. C. C. . Woolworth’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Courts, 8th
Circuit.
Wools. Int. L. . . Woolsey’s International Law.
Woolw. . . Woolworth’s Reports, U. S. Circuit Court, 8th
Circuit.
Woolw, (Neb.) . Woolworth’s Nebraska Reports, vol. 1.
Wr., or Wr. Pa. Wright’s Pa. Reports, vols. 37-50.
Wr. Ch., or Wr.
Ohio Wright’s Ohio Chancery Reports.
Wr. N. P. . . . Wright’s Ohio Nisi Prius Reports.
Wy. …. Wyoming Reports.
Wyatt, W. & A’B. Wyatt, Webb, & A’Beckett’s Victoria Reports.
Wyatt, W. &A’B.
Eq. . Wyatt, Webb, & A’ Beckett, Victoria Equity
Reports.
Wyatt, W. & A’B.
I. P. & M. . Wyatt, Webb, & A’Beckett, Victoria Insolvency,
Probate, and Matrimonial Reports.
Wyatt & W. . . Wyatt & Webb’s Victoria Reports.
Wyatt & W. Eq. . Wyatt & Webb’s Equity Victoria Reports.
Wyatt & W. I. P.
& M Wyatt & Webb’s Victoria Insolvency, Probate, and
Matrimonial Reports.
Wym Wjrman’s Bengal Reports.
Y. B Year Book.
Yale Law J. . . . Yale Law Journal.
Yeates . . . Yeates’ Pa. Reports.
Yelv Yelverton’s Eng. King’s Bench Reports.
Yerg Yerger’s Tennessee Reports.
Young Young’s Minnesota Reports.
Younge Younge’s Eng. Exchequer Equity Reports.
Yoiinge & Coll. Younge & Collyer’s Eng. Exchequer Equity
Reports.
Younge & Jer. . . Younge & Jervis’ Eng. Exchequer Reports.
Zab. …. Zabriskie’s New Jersey Law Reports.
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