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ABBREVIATIONS
and abbreviated references. The following list, though necessarily incomplete, may be useful to some readers. A, a, the first letter of the alphabet, is sometimes used in the ancient law books to denote that the paging is the first of that number in the book. As an abbreviation, A is used for anonymous. A. & A. on Corp. Angell & Ames on Corporations. Sometimes cited Ang. on Corp.A. B. Anonymous Reports, printed at the end of Bendloe's Reports. A. D. Anno Domini, in the year of our LordA. & E. Adolphus and Ellis' Reports.A. & E. N. S. Adolphus & Ellis' Queen's Bench Reports, New Series, commonly cited Q. B.A. & F. on Fixt. Amos & Ferard on Fixtures.A. K. Marsh. A. K. Marshall's (Kty.) Reports.Ab. or Abr. Abridgement.Abr. Ca. Eq.Abridgement of cases in Equity.Abs. Absolute. Ab. Sh. Abbott on Shipping.Acc. Accord or Agrees.Act. Acton's Reports.Act. Reg. Acta Regia.Ad. Eject. Adams on Ejectment.Ad. & Ell. Adolphus & Ellis' Reports.Ad. finn. Ad finem. At or near the ond.Ads. Ad sectum, videAts.Addam's R. Addam's Ecclesiastical Reports. In E. Eccl. Rep.Addis on Contr. Addison on the Law of Contracts and on Parties to actions ex contractu.Addis. R. Addison's Reports.Admr. Administrator.Ady. C. M.Adye on Courts Martial.Aik. R. Aiken's Reports.Al. Aleyn's Cases.Al. Alinea. Al et. Et alii, and others.Al.& N. Alcock & Napier's Reports.Ala. R. Alabama Report.Alc. Reg. G. Alcock's Registration Case.Ald. Van Hoes. Dig. A Digest of the Laws of Mississippi, by T. J. FoxAlden and J. A. Yan Hoesen.Aldr. Hilt. Aldridge's History of the Court of Law.Alis. Prin.Alison's Principles of the Criminal Law of Scotland.All. Mor. Tr. Allen and Morris' Trial.Alley. L. D. of Mar. Alleyne's Legal Degrees of Marriage considered.Alln. Part. Allnat on Partition.Am. America, American, orAmericana.Amb. Ambler's Reports.Am. Fer. on. Fixt. Amos & Ferard on Fixtures.Amer. America, American, or Americana.Amer. Dig. American Digest.Amer. Jur. American Jurist.An. Anonymous.And . Anderson's Reports.Ander. Ch. War. Anderdon on Church Warden.Andr. Andrew's Report.Ang. on Adv. Enj. Angell's Inquiry into the rule of law which creates a right to an incorporeal hereditament, by an adverse enjoyment of twenty years.Ang. on Ass. Angell's Practical Summary of the Law of Assignment in trust for creditors.Ang. on B. T. Angell on Bank Tax.Ang. on Corp. Angell on the Law of Private Corporations.Ang. on Limit. Angell's Treatise on the Limitation of Actions at Law, and Suits in Equity.Ang. on Tide Wat. Angell on the right of property in Tide Waters.Ang. on Water Courses. Angell on the Common Law in relation to Water Courses.Ann.Anne; as 1 Ann. c. 7.Anna. Annaly's Reports. This book is usually cited Cas. Temp. Hardw.Annesl. on Ins. Annesley on Insurance.Anstr.Anstruther's Reports.Anth. Shep. Anthon's editon's of Sheppard's Touchstone.Ap. Justin. Apud Justinianum, or Justinian's Institutes.App.Apposition.Appx. Appendix.Arch Archbold. Arch. Civ. Pl. Archbold's Civil Pleadings. Arch. Cr. Pl. Archbold's Criminal Pleadins. Arch. Pr. Archbold's Practice. Arch. B. L. Archbold's Bankrupt law. Arch. L. & T.Archbold on the Law of Landlord and Tenant. Arch. N. P. Archbold's Law of nisi Prius.Arg. Argumento, by an argument drawn from such a law. it also signifies arguendo.Arg. Inst. Institution au Droit Francais, par M. Argou.Ark. Rep. Arkansas Reports. See Pike's Rep.Ark. Rev. Stat.Arkansas Revised Statutes.Art. ArticleAshm. R. Ashmead's ReportsAso & Man. Inst. Aso and Manuel's institutes of the Laws of Spain.Ass. or Lib.Ass. Liber Assissarium, or Pleas of the Crown.Ast. Ent. Aston's Entries.Atherl. on Mar. Atherley on the Law of Marriage and other Family Settlements.Atk. Atkyn's Reports.Atk. P. T. Atkyn's Parliamentary Tracts.Atk. on Con. Atkinson on Conveyancing.Atk. on Tit. Atkinson on Marketable Titles.Ats. in practice, is an abbreviation for the words "at suit of," and is used when the defendant files any pleadings; for example: when the defendant enters a plea he puts his name before that of the plaintiff, reversing the order in which they are on the record. C.D.(the defendant,) ats A.B. (the plaintiff.)Aust. on Jur. The Province of Jurisprudence determind, by John AustinAuth. Authentica, in theAuthentic; that is, the Summary of some of the Novels of the Civil Law inserted in the code under such a title.Ay. Ayliff'es Pandect.Ayl.Parerg. Ayliffe's Parergon juris canonici Anglicani.Azun. Mar. Law.Azuni's Maritime Law of Europe.B, b, is used to point out that a number, used at the head of a page to denote the folio, is the second number of the same volume.B. B. Bail Bond.B. or Bk. Book.B. & A. Barnewall & Alderson's Reports.B. & B. Ball & Beatty's Reports.B. C. R. Brown's Chancery Reports.B. Eccl. L. Burn's Ecclesiatical Law.B. Just. Burn's Justice.B. N. C. Brooke's New Cases.B. P. C. or Bro. Parl. CaJ. Brown's Parliamentry Cases.B. & P. or Bos. & Pull. Bosanquet & Puller's Reports.B. R. or K. B. King's Bench.B. Tr. Bishop's Trial.Bab. on Auct.Babington on the Law of Auctions.Bab. Set off. Babington on Set off and mutual credit.Bac. Abr. Bacon's Abridgement.Bac. Comp. Arb. Bacon's (M.) Complete Arbitrator.Bac. El. Bacon's Elements of the Common Law.Bac. Gov.Bacon on Government.Bac. Law Tr. Bacon's Law TractsBac. Leas. Bacon (M.) on Leases and Term of Years.Bac. Lib Reg. Bacon's John) Liber Regis, vel Thesaurus Rerum Eccleslasticarum.Bac. Uses Bacon's Reading on the Statute of Uses. This is printed in his Law Tracts.Bach. Man. Bache's Manual of a Pennsylvania Justice of the PeaceBail. R. Bailey's Report.Bain. on M.&M. Bainbridge on Mines and Minerals.Baldwin. R. Baldwin's Circuit Court Reports.Ball & Beat. Ball and Beatty's Reports.Ballan. Lim. Ballantine on Limitations.Banc. Sup. Upper Bench.Barb. Eq. Dig. Barbour's Equity Digest.Barb. Cr. Pl. Barbour's Criminal Pleadings.Bar~b. Pract. in Ch.Barbour's Treatise on the Practice of the Court of Chancery.Barb. R.Barbour's Chancery Reports.Barb. Grot. Grotius on War and Peace, with notes by Barbeyrac.Barb. Puff. Puffendorf's Law of Nature and Nations, with notes by M. Barbeyrac.Barb. on Set off. Barbour on the Law of Set off, with an appendix of Precedents.Barn. C. Barnardiston's Chancery Reports.Barn. Barnardiston's K. B. Reports.Barn. & Ald. Barnewall & Alderon'~s Reports.Barn. & Adolph. Barnewall & Adolphu's Reports.Barn. & Cress. Barnewull & Cresswell's Reports.Barn. Sher. Barnes' Sheriff.Barnu.Barne' Notes of Practice.Barr. Obs. Stat. Barrington's Observations on the more ancient statutes.Barr. Ten. Barry's Tenure.Bart. El. Conv. Barton's Element of Conveyancing. Bart. Prec. Conv.Barton's Precedent of Conveyancing. Bart. S. Eq. Barton's Suit in Equity.Batty's R. Batty's Reports of Cases determined in the K. B. Ireland.Bay's R. Bay's Reprts.Bayl. Bills. Bayley on Bills.Bayl. Ch. Pr. Bayley's Chamber Practice.Beam. Ne Exeat. Brief view of the writ of Ne Exeat Regno, as a equiable process, by J. Beams.Beam.. Eq. Beames on Equity Pleading.Beam. Ord. Chan. Beames' General Orders of the High Court of Chancery, from 1600 to 1815.Beat. R. Beatty's Reports determined in the High Court of Chancery In Ireland.Beav. R. Beavan's Chancery Reports.Beawes. Beawe's Lex Mercatoria.Beck's Med. Jur. Beck's Medical Jurisprudence.Bee's R. Bee's Reports.Bell's Com. Bell's Commentaries on the Laws of Scotland, and on the Principles of Mercantile Jurisprudence.Bell. Del. U. L. Beller's Delineation of Universal Law.Bell's Dict. Dictionary of the Law of Scotland By Robert BellBell's Med. Jur Bell's Medical Jurisprudence.Bell. Bellewe's Cases in the time of K. Richard II. Bellewe's Cases in the time of Henry VIII, Edw VI., and Q. Mary, collected out of Brooke's Abridgment, and arranged under years, with a table, are cited as Brooke's New Cases.Bellingh. Tr. Bellingham's Trial.Belt's Sup. Belt's Supplement. Supplement to the Reports in Chancery of Francis Vesey, Senior, Esq, during the time of Lord Ch J. Hardwicke.Belt's Ves. sen. Belt's editon of Vesey senior's Reports.Benl.Benloe & Dalison's Reports. See New Benl.Ben. on Av. Benecke on Average.Benn. Diss. Bennet's Short Dissertation on the nature and various proceedings in the Master's Office, in the Court of Chancery. Sometimes this book is called Benn. Pract.Benn. Pract. See Benn. Diss.Benth. Ev.Bentham's Treatise on Judicial Evidence.Best on Prc. Best's Treatise on Presumption of Law and Fact.Bett's Adm. Pr. Bett's Admiralty Practice.Bev. on Hom. Bevil on Homicide.Bill. on Aw. Billing on the Law of Awards.Bing. Bingham Bin. Inf; Bingham on Infancy. Bing on Judg.Bingham on Judgments and Executions. Bing L.& T. Bingham on the Law of Landlord and TenantBing. R. Bing Bingham's Reports. Bin. N. C.Bingham's New Cases.Binn. Reports Of Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court. of Pennsylvania By Horace BinneyBird on Conv. Bird on Conveyancing Bird L.& T. Bird on the Laws respecting Landlords, Tenants and Lodgers. Bird's Sol. Pr Bird's Solution of Precedents of Settlement.Biret, De l'Abs. Traite de l'Absence et de ses effects, par M. BiretBis. on Est. or Buss. on Life Est. Bissett on the Law of Estates for Life.Biss. on Parn.Bissett on Partnership.Bl. Blounts Law Dictionary and GlossaryBl. Comm.or Comm. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir Wllliam Blackstone.Bl. Rep. Sir William Blackstone's Reports.Bl. H. HenryBlackstone's Report, sometimes cited H. Bl.Black. L. T. Blackstone's Law TractsBlackb on Sales. Blackburn on the Effect of the Contract of Sales.Blacb. on Sales. Blacburn on the Law of Sales.Blackf. R.Blackford's Reports.Blak. Ch. Pr. Blake's Practice of the Court of Chancery of the State of New York.Blan. on Ann. Blaney on Life AnnuitiesBland's Ch. R. Bland's Chancery Reports.Blansh. Lim. Blanshard on Limitations.Bligh. R. Bligh's Reports of Cases decided in the House of Lords.Blount. Blount's Law Dictionary and Glossary.Bo. R. Act. Booth on Real Actions.Boh. Dec. Bohun's Declaration. Boh. Eng. L. Bohun's English Lawyer. Boh. Priv. Ion. Bohun's Privilegia Londini.Boote. Boote's Ch. Pr. Boote's Chanccry Practice. Boote's S. L. Boote's Suit at Law.Booth's R. A. Booth on Real Action.Borth. L. L. Borthwick on the Law of Libel.Bos. & Pull. Bosanquet and Puller's Reports. Vide B.& P.Bosc. on Con. Boscowen on Convictions.Bott. Bott's Poor Law.Bouch Inst. Dr. Mar.Boucher, Institution au Droit Maritime.Boulay Paty Dr. Com. Cours de Droit Commercial Maritime, par P. S Boulay Paty.Bousq. Dict. de Dr. Bousquet, Dictionnaire de Droit.Bouv. L. D. Bouvier's Law Dictionary.Bouv. Inst. Institutiones Theologicae Auctore J. Bouvier.Bouv. Inst. Am. Law.Bouvier's Institutes of American Law.Bowl. on Lib. Bowles on Libels.Br. or Brownl. Brownlow's Reports.Br. or Br. Ab. Brooke's Abridgment.Bra.Brady's History of the Succession of the Crown of England, &c.;Brac.Bracton's Treatise on the Law and Customs of England.Bra. Princ. Branche's Principia Legis et Aequitatis.Brack. L. Misc. Brackenridge's LawMiscellany.bradb. Bradby on Distresses.Bradl. P. B. Bradley's PointBook.Bran. Prin. or Bran. Max. Branch's Principia Legis Aequitatis, being an alphabetical collection of maxims, &c. Brayt. R. Brayton's Rport.Breese's R. Breese's ReportBrev. Sel. Brevia Selecta, or Choice Writs.Brid. Bridgman's Reports Reports from 12 to 19 K James. By Sir JohnBridgman.Brid. Dig. Ind. Bridgman's Digested Index.Brid. Leg. Bib.Bridgman's Legal Bibliography.Brid. Conv. Bridgman's Precedents of Conveyancing. Brid. Refl. Bridgman's Reflections on the Study of the Law.Brid. Synth. Bridgeman's Synthesis.Brid. Thes. Jur. Bridgman's Thesaurus Juridic.Bridg. O. Orlando Bridgmen's Reports.Bridg. The. Jru. Bridgman's Thesaurus Juridicus.Britton. Treatise on the Ancient Pleas of the Crown.Bro. or Brownl. Brownlow's Reports. Also, Reports by Richard Brownlow and John Goldeshorough. Cited 1 Bro. 2 Bro.Bro. Ab. Brooke's Abridgement.Bro. A. & C. L. Brown's Admiralty and Civil Law.Bro. C. C. Brown's Chancery Cases.Bro. Off. Not. A Treatise on the Office and Practice of a Notary in England, as connected with Mercantile Instruments, &c. By RichardBrooke.Bro. P. C. Brown's Parliamentary Cases.Bro. Read. Brooke's Reading on the Statute of Limitations.Bro. on Sales. Brown on SalesBro. V.M.Brown's Vade Mecum.Brock. R. Brockenbrough's Reports of Chief Justice Marshall's Decisions.Brod. & Bing. Broderip & Bingham's Reports.Broom on Part. Broom on Parties to Actions.Brownl. Rediv. or Brownl. Ent. Brownlow Redivivus.Bruce M. L. Bruce's Military Law.Buck's Ca. Buck's Cases. Cases in Bankruptcy in 1817, 1818, by J.W. Buck.Bull. Bull. N.P. Buller's Nisi Prius.Bulst. Bulstrode's Reports.Bunb. Bunbury's Reports.Burge Col. Law.Burge's Colonial Law.Burge Confl. of Law. Burge on the Conflict of Laws.Burge on Sur. Burge's Commentaries on the Law of Suretyship. &c.;Burge For. Law. Burge on Foreign Law.Burlam. Burlamaqui's Natural and Political Law.Burn's L.D. Burn's Law Dictionary.Burn's Just. Burn's Justice of the Peace.Burn's Eccl. Law or Burn's E.L. Burn's Ecclesiastical Law.Burn. C.L. Burnett's Treatise on the Criminal Law of Scotland.Burn. Com. Burnett's Commentaries on the Criminal Law of Scotland.Burr. Burrow's Reports.Burr. Sett. Cas. Burrow's Settlement Cases.Burr's Tr. Burr's Trial.Burt. Man. Burton's Manual of the Law of Scotland. The work is in two parts, one relating to "public law," and the other to the law of "private rights and obligations." The former is cited Burt. Man. P.L.; the latter, Burt. Man. Pr. Burt. on Real Prop. Burton on Real Property. Butl. Hor. Jur. Butler's Horae Juridicae Subsecivae.C. Codes, the Code of Justinian. C. Code. C. Chancellor.C.& A. Cooke and Alcock's Reports.C.B. Communi Banco, or Common Bench.C.C. Circuit Court.C.C. Cepi Corpus. C.C.& B.B. Cepi Corpus and Bail Bond.C.C. or Ch. Cas. Cases in Chancery in three parts.C.C.C. or Cr. Cir. Com. Crown Circuit Companion.C.C.& C. Cepi corpus et committitur. See Capias ad satisfaciendum, in the body of the work.C.C.E. or Cain. Cas. Caines' Cases in Error.C.D. orCom. Dig. Comyn's Digest.C.& D. C. C. Crawford and Dix's Criminal Cases.C.& D. Ab. C. Crawford and Dix's Abridged Cases.C.& F. Clark & Findley's Reports.C.& F. Clarke & Finelly's Reports.C. J. Chief Justice.C.& J. Crompton & Jervis' Exchequer Reports. C.J.C.P. Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.C.J.K.B. Chief Justice of the King's Bench.C.J.Q.B. Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench.C.J.U.B. Chief Justiceof the Upper Bench. During the time of the common-wealth, the EnglishCourt of the King's Bench was called the Upper Bench.C.& K. Carrington & Kirwan's Reports. C.& M. Crompton & Meeson's Reports.C.& M. Carrington & Marshman's Reports.C.M.& R. Crompton, Meeson & Roscoe's Exchequer Reports.C.N.P.C. Campbell's Nisi Prius Cases.C. P. Common Pleas.C.P.Coop. C.P. Cooper's Reports.C.& P. or Car.& Payn. Carrington & Payne's Reports.C.& P. Craig & Phillips' Reports.C.R. or Ch. Rep. Chancery Reports.C.& R. Cockburn & Rowe's Reports.C.W. Dudl. Eq. C.W. Dudley'sEquity Reports.C. Theod. Codice Theodosiano, in the Theodosian code.Ca.Case or placitum.Ca. T.K. Select Cases tempore King.Ca. T. Talb. Cases tempore Talbot.Ca. res. Capias ad respondendum.Ca. sa., in practice, is the abbreviation of capias ad satisfaciendum.Caines' R. Caines' Term Reports.Caines' Cas. Caines' Cases, in error.Caines' Pr. Caines' Practice.Cald. R. Caldecott's Reports.Cald. S.C. Caldecott's SettlementCases; sometimes cited Cald. R.Caldw. Arbit. Caldwell on Arbitration.Call. on Sew. Callis on the Law relating to Sewers.Call's R.Call's REports.Calth. R. Calthorp's Reports of Special Cases touching several customs and liberties of the City of London.Calv. on Part.Calvert on Parties to Suits in Equity.Cam.& Norw. Cameron & Norwood's Reports.Campb. Campbell's Reports.Can. Canon.Cap. Capitulo,chapter.Car. Carolus: as 13 Car. 2, st. 2, c.1.Carr. Cr. L. Carrington'sCriminal Law.Carr.& Kirw. Carrington & Kriwan's Reports. See C.& K.Carr.& Marsh. Carrington & Marshman's Reports.Carr.& Oliv. R. and C.C. Carrow & Oliver's Railway and Canal Cases.Cart. Carter's Reports. Reports in C.P. in 16, 17, 18, and 19, Charles II.Cara de For. Carta de Foresta.Carth.Carthew's Reports.Cary. Cary's Reports.Cary on Partn. Cary on the Law of Partnership.Cas. of App. Cases of Appeals to the House of Lords.Cas. L. Eq. Cases and Opinions in Law, Equity, and Conveyancing.Cas. of Pr. Cases of Practice in the Court of the King's Bench, from the reign of Eliz. to the 14 Geo. 3.Cas. of Sett. Cases of Settlement.Cas. Temp. Hardw. Cases during the time of Lord Hardwicke.Cas. Temp. Talb. Cases during the time of Lord Talbot.Ch. Chancellor.Ch. CAs. Cases in Chancery.Ch. Pr. Precedents in Chancery.Ch. R. REports in Chancery.Ch. Rep. Vide Ch.Cases.Chamb. on Jur. of Chan. Chambers on the Jurisdiction of the HighCourt of Chancery, over the Persons and Property of Infants.Chamb. L.& T. Chambers on the Law of Landlord and Tenant.Char. Merc. Charta mercatoria. See Bac. Ab. Smuggling, C.Charlt. Charlton. T.U.P. Charl.T.U.P. Charlton's Reports. R.M. Charlton's Reports.Chase's Tr. Chase's Trial.Cher. Cas. Cherokee Case.Chev. C.C. Cheves' Chancery Cases.Chipm. R. Chipman's Reports. D. Chipm. D. Chipman's Reports.Chipm. Contr. Essay on the Law of Contracts for the payment of Specific Articles. By DanielChipman.Ch. Contr. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Contracts. By JosephChitty, Jr.Chitty. on App. Chitty's Practical Treatise on the Law relating to Apprentices and Journeymen.Chit. on Bills. Chitty on Bills.Chit. Jr. on Bills. Chitty, junior, on Bills.Chit. Com. L. Chitty's Treatise on Commerical Law.Chit. Cr. L. Chitty's Criminal Law.Chit. on Des. Chitty on the Law of Descents.Chit. F. Chitt's Forms and Practical Proceedings.Chit. Med. Jur. Chitty on Medical Jurisprudence.Chit.Chitty's Reports.Chit. Pl. A Practical Treatise on Pleading, by JosephChitty.Chit. Pr. Chitty's General Practice.Chit. Prerog. Chitty on the Law of the Prerogatives of the Crown.Chris. B.L. Christian's Bankrupt Laws.Christ. Med. Jur. Christison's Treatise on Poisons, relating to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology, and the Practice of Physic.Civ.Civil.Civ. Code Lo. Civil Code of Louisiana.Cl. The Clementines.Cl. Ass.Clerk's Assistant.Clan. H.& W. Clancy on the Rights, Duties, and Liabilities of Husband and Wife.Clark on Leas. Clark's Enquiry into the Nature of Leases.Clarke, R. Clarke's Reports.Clark & Fin. Clark & Finelly's Reports.Clark. Adm. Pr. Clarke's Practice in the Admiralty.Clark. Prax. Clarke's Praxis, being the manner of proceeding in the Ecclesiastical Courts.Clay. Clayton's Reports. Cleir. Us et Const.Cleirac, Us et Coustumes ae la Mer.Clerke's Rud. Clerke's Rudiments of American Law and Practice.Clift. Clift's Entries.Co. A particle used before other words to imply that the person spoken of possesses the same character as other persons whose character is mentioned, as co-executor, and executor with other; co-heir, an heir with others; co-partner, a partner with others, etc. ? Co. is also an abbreviation for "company" as John Smith & Co. When so abbreviated is also represents "county."Co.Coke's Reports.Co. or Co. Rep. Coke's Reports.Co. Ent. Coke's Entries.Co. B. L. Cooke's Bankrupt Law.Co. on Courts. Coke on Courts; 4th Institute. See Inst.Co. Litt. Coke on Littleton. See Inst.Co. M. C.Coke's Magna Charta; 2d Institute. See. Inst.Co. P. C. Coke's Pleas of theCrown. See Inst.Cock & Rowe. Cockburn & Rowe's Reports.Code Civ. CodeCivil, or Civil Code of France. This work is usually cited by the article.Code Nap. Code Napoleaon. The same as Code Civil.Code Com. Code de Commerce.Code Pen. Code Penal.Code Pro. Code de Procedure.Col.Column, in the first or second column of the book quoted.Col.& Cai. CAs.Coleman & Caines' Cases.Cole on Inf. Cole on Criminal Informations, and Informations in the Nature of Quo Warranto.Coll. on Pat. Collier on the Law of Patents.Coll. on Idiots. Collinson on the Law concerning Idiots, &c.;Coll. Rep. Colle's Reports.Coll. Collation.Colly. Rep. Collyer's Reports.Com. Communes, or Extravagantes Communes.Com. or Com. Rep.Comyn's Reports.Com. Contr. Comyn on Contract.Com. on Us. Comyn on Usury.Com. Dig. Comyn's Digest. Com. L.& T. Comyn on the Law of Landlord and Tenant.Com. Law. Commerical Law.Com. Law. Rep. Common Law Reports, edited by Sergeant and Lowher.Comb. Comberbach's Reports.Comm. Blackstone's Commentaries.Con. & Law. Connor & Lawson's Reports.Cond.Condensed.Cond. Ch. R. Condensed Chancery Reports.Cond. Ex. R. CondensedExchequer Reports.Conf. Chart. Confirmatio Chartorum.Cong.Congress.Conkl. Pr. Conkling's Practice of the Courts of the United States.Conn. R. Connecticut Reports.Conr. Cust. R. Contoy's Custodiam Reports.Cons. del Mar. Consolato del Mare.Cons. Ct. R. ConstitutionalCourt REports.Cont. Contra.Cooke on Defam. Cooke on Defamation.Coop. Eq. R. Cooper's Equity Reports.Coop. Cas. Cases in the High Court of Chancery. By George Cooper.Coop. on Lib. Cooper on the Law of Libels.Coop. Eq. Pl.Cooper's Equity Pleading.Coop. Just. Cooper's Justinian's Institutes.Coop. Med. Jur. Cooper's Medical Jurisprudence.Coop. t. Brough. Cooper's Cases in the time of Brougham.Coop. P.P. Cooper's Points of Practice.Cote. Mrtg. Coote on Mortgages.Corb. & Dan. Corbet & Daniel's Election Cases.Corn. on Uses. Cornish on Uses.Corn. on REm. Cornish on Remainders.Corp. Jur. Civ. Corpus Juris Civilus.Corp. Jur. Can. Corpus Juris Canonicus.Corvin. Corvinus. See Bac. Ab. Mortgage A, where this author is cited.Cot. Abr. Cotton's Abridgement of Records.Cov. on Conv. Evi. Coventry on Conveyancers' Evidence.Cow. Int. Cowel's Law Dictionary, or the Interpreter of words and terms, used either in the common or statute laws of Great Britain.Cowp. Cowper's Reports.Cow. R. Cowen's Reports, N.Y.Cox's Cas. Cox's Cases.Coxe's R. Coxe's Reports.Crabb'sC.L. Crabb's Common Law. A History of English Law. By George Crabb.Crabb, R. P. Crabb on the Law of REal Property.Craig & Phil. Craig & Phillip'sReports.Cranch, R. Cranch's Reports.Cressw. R. Cresswell's Reports ofCases decided in the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.Crim.Con. Criminal Conversation: adultery.Cro. Croke's Reports. Cro. Eliz.Croke's Reports, during the time of Queen Elizabeth, also cited as 1 Cro.Cro. jac. Croke's Reports during the time of King James I., also cited as 2 Cro. Cro. Car. Croke's Reports, during the time of Charles I., also cited as 3 Cro.Crompt. Ex. Rep. Crompton's Exchequer Reports.Crompt. J.C. Crompton's Jurisdiction of Courts.Crompt. & Mees.Crompton & Meeson's Exchequer Reports.Crompt. Mees. & Rosc. Crompton, Meeson, and Roscoe's Exchequer Reports.Cross on Liens. Cross' Treatise on the Law of Liens and Stoppage in Transitu.Cru. Dig. or Cruise's Dig.Cruise's Digest of the Law of Real Property.Cul. Culpablilis, guilty; noncul. not guilty; a plea entered in actions of trespass.Cul. prit., commonly written culprit; cul., as above mentioned, means culpabilis, or culpable; and prit, which is a corruption of pret, signifie ready. 1Chitty Cr. Law. 416.Cull. Bankr. L. Cullen's Principles ofhte Bankrupt Law.Cun. Cunningham's Reports.Cunn. Dict. Cunningham's Dictionary.Cur. adv. vult. Curia advisare vult. Vide Ampliation.Cur. Scacc. Cursus Scaccarii, the Court of the Star Chamber.Cur. Phil. Curia Philipica.Curs.Can. Cursus Cancellariae.Curt. R. Curteis' Ecclesiastical Reports.Curt. Am. Sea. Curtis on American Seamen.Curt. on Copyr. Curtis onCopyrights.Cush. Trust. Pr. Cushing on Trustee Process, or Foreign Attachment, of the Laws of Massachusetts and Maine.Cust. de Norm.Custome de Normandie.D. dialogue; as, Dr. and Stud. D. 2, c. 24, or Doctor and Student, dialogue 2, chapter 24.D. dictum; D. Digest of Justinian.D. The Digest or Pandects of the Civil Law, is sometimes cited thus,D.6.1.5.D. C. District Court; District of Columbia.D. C. L. Doctor of the Civil Law.D. Chipm. R. D. Chipman's Reports.D. S. B. Debit sans breve.D. S. Deputy Sheriff.D.& C. Dow and Clark's Reports.D.& C. Deacon & Chitty's Reports.D.& E. Durnford & East's Reports. This book is also cited as Term Reports, abbreviated as T.R.D.& L. Danson & Lloyd's Mercantile Cases.D.& M. Davidson's & Merivale's Reports.D.& R. Dowling and Ryland's Reports.D.& R. N. P. C. Dowling and Ryland's Reports of Cases decided at Nisis Prius.D.& S. Doctor and Student.D.& W. Drury & Walsh's Reports.D;Aguesseau, Oeuvres. Oeuvres completes du ChancellierD'Aguesseau.Dat. Cr. L. Dagge's Criminal Law.Dal. Dalison's Reports. See Benl.Dall. Dallas' Reports.Dall. Dallas' Laws of Pennsylvania.Dalloz,Dict. Dictionaire General et raisonne de legilation, de Doctrine, et de Jurisprudence, en matiere civile, commerciale, criminelle, administrative, et de Droit Public. Par Armand Dalloz, jeune.Dalr. Feud. Pr.Dalrymple's Essay, or History of Feudal Property in Great Britain. Sometimes cited Dalr. F.L.Dalr. on Ent. Dalrymple on the Polity of Entails.Dalr. F. L. Dalrymple's Feudal law.Dalt. Just. Dalton's Justice.Dalt. Sh. Dalton's Sheriff.D'Anv. D'Anvers' Abridgement.Dan. Ch. Pr. Caniell's Chancery Practice.Dan. Ord. Danish Ordinances.Dan. Rep.Daniell's Reports. Dan.& Ll. Danson & Lloyd's Reports.Dana's R. Dana's Reports.Dane's Ab. Dane's Abridgment of American Law.Dav. Davies' Reports.Dav. on Pat. Davies' Collection of Cases respecting patents.Daw. Land. Pr. Dawe's Epitome of the Law of Landed Property.Daw. Real Pr.Dawe's Introduction to the Knowledge of the Law on Real Estates.Daw. on Arr. Dawe's Commentaries on the Law of Arrest in Civil Cases.Daws. Or. Leg. Dawson's Origo Legum.Deac. R. Deacon's Reports. Deac.& Chit. Deacon & Chitty's Reports.Deb. on Jud. Debates on the Judiciary.Dec. temp. H.& M.Decisions in Admiralty duringthe time of Hay & Marriott.Deft.Defendant.De Gex & SM. R. De Gex & Smale's Reports.Den. Cr. Cas.Denison's Crown Cases.Den. Rep. Denio's New York Reports.Desaus. R.Desaussure's Chancery Reports.Dev. R. Devereux's Reports.Dev. Ch. R.Devereux's Chancery Reports.Dev.& Bat. Devereux & Battle's Reports.Di. orDy. Dyer's Reports.Dial. de Scac. Dialogus de Scaccario.Dick. Just.Dickinson's Justice.Dick. Pr. Dickinson's Practice of the Quarter of and other Sessions.Dick. Dicken's Reports.Dict. Dictionary.Dict. Dr. Can.Dictionnaire de Driot Canonique.Dict. de' Jur. Dictionnaire de Jurisprudence.Dig. Digest of writs. Dig. The Pandects or Digest of the Civil Law, cited as Dig. 1,2,5,6, for Digest, book 1, 2, law 5, sections 6.Disn. on Gam. Disney's Law of Gaming.Doct. & Stud. Doctor and Student.Doct. Pl. Doctrina Placitandi.Doder. Eng. Law. Doderidge's English Lawyer.Dods. R. Dodson's Reports.Dom. Domat, Lois Civilles.Dom.Proc. Domo Procerum. In the House of Lords.Domat. Lois Civilles dans leur ordre naturel. Par M. Domat.Dougl. Douglas' Reports.Doug. El. Cas.Dougls' Election Cases.Dougl. (Mich.) R. Dougls' Michigan Reports.Dow. orDow. P.C. Dow's Parliamentary Cases.Dow & Clarke, Dow and Clarke's Reports of Cases in the House of Lords.Dowl. P. C. Dowling's Practical Cases.Dow.& R. N. P. Dowling and Ryan's Nisi Prius Cases.Dow.& Ry. M.C.Dowling & Ryan's Cases for Magistrates.Dow.& Ry. Dowling and Ryland's Reports.Dr.& St. Doctor and Student.Drew. on Inj. Drewry on Injunctions.Dru.& Wal. Drury and Walsh's Reports. Dru.& War. Drury &Warren's Reports.Dub. Dubitatur.Dudl. R. Dudley's Law and Equity Reports.Dug. S. or Dugd. Sum. Dugdale's Summons.Dugd. Orig. Dugdale's Origines.Dug. Sum. Dugdale's SummonsesDuke. or Duke's Ch. Uses. Duke's Law of Charitable Uses.Dunl. Pr. Dunlap's Practice.Dunl. Admr. Pr.Dunlap's Admiralty Practice.Duponc. on Jur. Duponceau on Jurisdictions.Duponc. Const. Duponceau on the Constitution.Dur. Dr. FR.Duranton, Droit Francais.Durnf.& East. Durnford & East's Reports, also cited D.& E. or T.R.Duv. Dr. Civ. Fr. Duvergier, Droit Civil Francais. This is a continuation of Touiller's Droit Civil Francais. The first volume of Duvergier is the sixteenth volume of the continuation. The work is sometimes cited 16 Toull. or 16 Toullier, instead of being cited 1Duv. or 1 Duvergier, etc.Dwar. on Stat. Dwarris on Statutes.Dy. Dyer's Reports. E. Easter Term.E. Edward; as 9 E. 3, c. 9.E. of Cov. Earl of Coventry's Case.E.C.L.R. English Common Law Reports, sometimes cited Eng. Com. Law Rep. (q.v.)E.g., usually written e.g., exempli gratia; for the sake of an instance or example.E.P.C. or East, P.C. East's Pleas of the Crown.East, P.C. East's Pleas of the Crown.Eccl. Ecclesiastical.Eccl. Law. Ecclesiastical Law.Eccl. Rep. Ecclesiastical Reports. Vide Eng. Eccl. Rep.Ed. or Edit. Edition.Ed. Edward; as, 3 Ed. 1, c. 9.Ed. Inj. Eden on Injunction.Ed. Eq. Reps. Eden's Equity Reports.Ed. Prin. Pen. Law. Eden's Principles of Penal Law.Edm. Exch. Pr. Edmund's Exchequer Practice.Edw. Ad. Rep. Edward's Admiralty Reports.Edw. Lead. Dec. Edward's Leading Decisions.Edw. on Part. Edward's on Parties to Bills in Chancery.Edw. on Rec. Edwards on Receivers in Chancery.Eliz. Elizabeth; as, 13 Eliz. c.15.Ellis on D. and Cr. Ellis on the Law relating to Debtor and Creditor.Elm on Dil. Elmes on Ecclesiastical and Civil Dilapidations.Elsyn on Parl. Elsynge on Parliaments.Encycl. Encycloaedia, or Encyclopedie.Eng. English.Eng. Ch. R. English Chancery Reports. Vide Cond. Ch. R. (See App. A.)Eng. Com. Law Rep. English Common Law Reports.Eng. Ecc. R. English Ecclisiastical Reports.Eng. Plead. English Pleader.Engl. Rep. English's Arkansas Reports.Eod. Eodem, under the same title.Eod. tit. In the same title.Eq. Ca. Ab. Equity Cases Abridged.Eq. Draft. Equity Draftsman. Ersk. Inst. Erskin'e Institute of the Law of Scotland. Ersk. Prin. of Laws of Scotl. Erskine's Principles of the Laws of Scotland.Esp. N.P. Espinasse's Nisi Prius.Esp. N. P. R. Espinasse's Nisi Prius Reports.Esp. on Ev. Espinasse on Evidence.Esp. on Pen. Ev.Espinasse on Penal Evidence.Esq. Esquire.Et. al. Et alii, and others.Eunom. Eunomus.Ev. Col. Stat. Evan's Collection of Statutes.Ev. on Pl. Evans on Pleading.Ev. Tr. Evans' Trial.Ex. or Exor. Executor.Execx. Executrix.Exch. Rep. Exchequer Reports. Vide Cond. Exch. REp.Exec. Execution. Exp. Expired.Exton's Mar. Divaeo. Exton's Maritime Dicaeologie.Extrav. Extravagants.F. Finalis, the last or latter part.F.Fitzherbert's Abridgment.F.& F. Falconer & Fitzherbert's Reports. F. R.Forum Romanum.F.& S. Fox & Smith's Reports.F. N. B. Fitzherbert's Natura Brevium.Fairf. R. Fairfield's Reports.Fac. Coll. Faculty Collection; the name of a set of Scotch Reports.Falc. & Fitzh. Falconer & Fitzherbert's Election Cases.Far. Farresly, (7 Mod. REp.) is sometimes so cited.Farr's Med. Jur. Farr's Elements of Medical Jurisprudence.Fearn. on Rem. Fearne on Remainders.Fell. on Mer. Guar. Fell on Mercantile Guaranties.Ferg. on M.& D. Ferfusson on Marriage and Divorce.Ferg. R. Fergusson's Reports of the Consistorial Court of Scotland.Ff. or ff. Pandects of Justinian: a careless way of writing the Greek ?.Ferr. Hist. Civ. L. Ferriere's History of the Civil Law.Ferr. Mod. Ferriere Moderne, on Nouveau Dictionnaire des Termes de Droit et de Pratique.Fess. on Pat. Fessenden on Patents. Fi.fa. Fieri Facias.Field's Com. Law. Field on the Common Law of England.Field. on Penl Laws. Fielding on Penal Laws. Finch. Finch's Law; or a Discourse thereof, in five books. Finch's Pr. Finch's Precedents inChancery.Finl. L. C. Finlayson's Leading Cases on Pleading.Fish. Copyh.Fisher on Copyholds.Fitz. C. Fitzgibbon's Cases.Fitzh. Fitzherbert's AbridgmentFitzh. Nat. Bre. Fitzherbert's Natura Brevium.Fl. or Fleta. ACommentary on the English Law, written by an anonymous author, in the time of Edward I., while a prisoner in the Fleet.Fletch. on Trusts.Fletcher on the Estates of Trustees.Floy. Proct. Pr. Floyer's Proctor'sPractice.Fol. Foley's Poor Laws. Fol. Folio.Fonb. Fonblanque on Equity.Fonb. Med. Jur. Fonblanque on Medical Jurisprudence.Forr. Forrester'sCases during the time of Lord Talbot, commonly cited Cas. Temp.Talb.For. Pla. Brown's Formulae Placitandi.Forb. on Bills. Forbes onBills of Exchange.Forb. Inst. Forbes' Institutes of the Law of Scotland.Forr. Exch. Rep. Forrest's Exchequer Reports.Fors. on Comp.Forsyth on the Law relating to Composition with Credi
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