Legal abbreviations

• ER -- Employer
• EE -- Employee
• F. -- Federal Reporter
• F.2d -- Federal Reporter, 2nd Series
• F.3d -- Federal Reporter, 3rd Series
• Fed. Reg. (sometimes FR) -- Federal Register (see Federal Register for full text from 1994 to date)
• Fed. R. Bankr. P. -- Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
• Fed. R. Civ. P. (sometimes FRCP) -- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Fed. R. Crim. P. -- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Fed. R. Evid. (sometimes FRE) -- Federal Rules of Evidence
• F.Supp. -- Federal Supplement
• F.Supp.2d −− Federal Supplement, 2nd Series
• GATT -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• HDC -- Holder in due course
• I.L.M. -- International Legal Materials
• IRB -- Internal Revenue Bulletin (from July 2003 to date)
• IRC -- Internal Revenue Code
• ISLN -- International Standards Lawyer Number
• J -- Judge
• JMOL -- Judgment as a Matter of Law
• JNOV -- Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict
• K -- Contract
• L/C -- Letter of credit
• LLC -- Limited liability company
• LLP -- Limited liability partnership
• N.E. -- North Eastern Reporter
• N.E.2d -- North Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
• N.W. -- North Western Reporter
• N.W.2d -- North Western Reporter, 2nd Series
• ¶ (Pilcrow)-- Paragraph
• Π (Greek letter Pi) -- Plaintiff
• P. -- Pacific Reporter
• P.2d -- Pacific Reporter, 2nd Series
• P.3d -- Pacific Reporter, 3rd Series
• p. -- Page
• pp. -- Pages
• PL -- Public Law
• Pub.L. -- Public Law
• R.E. or R/E -- Real Estate
• Rev. Proc. -- Revenue Procedure (published in IRB)
• Rev. Rul. -- Revenue Ruling (published in IRB)
• s. or § -- Section
• ss. or §§ -- Sections
• S.C.R. (or SCR) -- Supreme Court Reports (Supreme Court of Canada)
• S.Ct. -- Supreme Court Reporter (Supreme Court of the United States)
• S.E. -- South Eastern Reporter
• S.E.2d -- South Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
• SI -- Statutory Instruments
• S/J -- Summary judgment
• SMJ -- Subject Matter Jurisdiction
• So. -- Southern Reporter
• So.2d -- Southern Reporter, 2nd Series
• SOL -- Statute of Limitations
• SOR -- Statutory Orders and Regulations
• Stat. -- United States Statutes at Large (See United States Code)
• S.W. -- South Western Reporter
• S.W.2d -- South Western Reporter, 2nd Series
• S.W.3d -- South Western Reporter, 3rd Series
• T.D. -- Treasury Decision
• UCC -- Uniform Commercial Code
• UPC -- Uniform Probate Code
• U.S. -- United States Reports (beginning with v. 502 (1991))
• USC -- United States Code (A free website for the full text is at U.S. Code. This text is maintained by the U.S. Gov't Printing Office, but must be checked for revisions or amendments after its effective date.)
• USCA -- United States Code Annotated
• USCCAN -- United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
• USCS -- United States Code Service
• UST -- United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (See Treaty series.)
• WTO -- World Trade Organization
• W. Va. Code -- West Virginia Code (unofficial text)