Legal Term: ABBREVIATIONS

Definition: and abbreviated references. The following list, though neces-sarily 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 Lord A. & 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, vide Ats. 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. Fox Alden 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, or Americana. 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 trustfor 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 WaterCourses. 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 signifiesarguendo. Arg. Inst. Institution au Droit Francais, par M. Argou. Ark. Rep. Arkansas Reports. See Pike"s Rep. Ark. Rev. Stat. Arkansas Revised Statutes. Art. Article Ashm. R. Ashmead"s Reports Aso & 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 defendantenters 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 Austin Auth. Authentica, in the Authentic, 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 Tracts Bac. 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 Peace Bail. 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 ofPrecedents. 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 equiableprocess, 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 Bell Bell"s Med. Jur Bell"s Medical Jurisprudence. Bell. Bellewe"s Cases in the time of K. Richard II. Bellewe"s Cases inthe 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"sNew Cases. Bellingh. Tr. Bellingham"s Trial. Belt"s Sup. Belt"s Supplement. Supplement to the Reports in Chancery ofFrancis 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 andTenant Bing. 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 Binney Bird on Conv. Bird on Conveyancing Bird L.& T. Bird on the Laws respecting Landlords, Tenants and Lodgers. Bird"s Sol. Pr Bird"s Solution ofPrecedents of Settlement. Biret, De l"Abs. Traite de l"Absence et de ses effects, par M. Biret Bis. on Est. or Buss. on Life Est. Bissett on the Law of Estates forLife. Biss. on Parn. Bissett on Partnership. Bl. Blounts Law Dictionary and Glossary Bl. Comm.or Comm. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir Wllliam Blackstone. Bl. Rep. Sir William Blackstone"s Reports. Bl. H. Henry Blackstone"s Report, sometimes cited H. Bl. Black. L. T. Blackstone"s Law Tracts Blackb 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 Annuities Bland"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"sLaw 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 BoulayPaty. 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 Law Miscellany. bradb. Bradby on Distresses. Bradl. P. B. Bradley"s Point Book. Bran. Prin. or Bran. Max. Branch"s Principia Legis Aequitatis, being analphabetical collection of maxims, &c. Brayt. R. Brayton"s Rport. Breese"s R. Breese"s Report Brev. Sel. Brevia Selecta, or Choice Writs. Brid. Bridgman"s Reports Reports from 12 to 19 K James. By Sir John Bridgman. 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 Richard Brooke. Bro. P. C. Brown"s Parliamentary Cases. Bro. Read. Brooke"s Reading on the Statute of Limitations. Bro. on Sales. Brown on Sales Bro. 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 rightsand 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. or Com. 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 Justice of the Upper Bench. During thetime of the common-wealth, the English Court 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 Settlement Cases, 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"s Criminal 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 High Court ofChancery, 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"sReports. 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 SpecificArticles. By Daniel Chipman. Ch. Contr. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Contracts. By Joseph Chitty, 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 Joseph Chitty. 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 ofpossesses 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 the Crown. See Inst. Cock & Rowe. Cockburn & Rowe"s Reports. Code Civ. Code Civil, 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. Constitutional Court 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, usedeither 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"s C.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 of Cases decided in the Court for the Reliefof 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 2Cro. 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, non cul. not guilty, a plea entered in actions oftrespass. Cul. prit., commonly written culprit, cul., as above mentioned, means culpabilis, or culpable, and prit, which is a corruption of pret, signifieready. 1 Chitty 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 on Copyrights. Cush. Trust. Pr. Cushing on Trustee Process, or Foreign Attachment, of theLaws 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 Chancellier D"Aguesseau. Dat. Cr. L. Dagge"s Criminal Law. Dal. Dalison"s Reports. See Benl. Dall. Dallas" Reports. Dall. Dallas" Laws of Pennsylvania. 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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. or Dy. 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. or Dow. 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 Summonses Duke. 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 1 Duv. 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 orexample. 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 etde 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 Abridgment Fitzh. Nat. Bre. Fitzherbert"s Natura Brevium. Fl. or Fleta. ACommentary on the English Law, written by an anonymousauthor, 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"s Practice. Fol. Foley"s Poor Laws. Fol. Folio. Fonb. Fonblanque on Equity. Fonb. Med. Jur. Fonblanque on Medical Jurisprudence. Forr. Forrester"s Cases during the time of Lord Talbot, commonly cited Cas. Temp.Talb. For. Pla. Brown"s Formulae Placitandi. Forb. on Bills. Forbes on Bills 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 Creditors. Fortesc. Fortescue, De Laudibus Legum Angliae. Fortesc. R. Fortescue"s Reports, temp. Wm. and Anne. Fost. or Fost. C.L. Foster"s Crown Law. Fox.& Sm. Fox & Smith"s Reports. Fr. Fragmentum. Fra. or Fra. Max. Francis" Maxims. Fr. Ord. French Ordinance. Sometimes cited Ord. de la Mar. Fras. Elect. Cas. Fraser"s Election Cases. Fred. Co. Frederician Code. Freem. Freeman"s Reports. Freem. C. C. Freeman"s Cases in Chancery. Freem. (Mis.) R. Freeman"s Reports of Cases decided by the Superior Court ofChancery of Mississippi. G. George, as, 13 G. 1, c. 29. G. & J. Glyn & Jameson"s Reports. G. & J. Gill & Johnson"s Reports. G. M. Dudl. Repo. G. M. Dudley"s Reports. Gale & Dav. Gale & Davidson"s Reports. Gale"s Stat. Gale"s Statutes of Illinois. Gall. or Gall. Rep. Gallison"s Reports. Garde on Ev. Garde"s Practical Treatise onthe General Principles and Elementary Rules of the Law of Evidence. Geo. George, as, 13 Geo. 1, c. 29. Geo. Dec. Georgia Decisions. Geo. Lib. George on the Offence of Libel. Gib. on D.& N. Gibbons on the Law of Dilapidations and Nuisances. Gibs. Codex. Gibson"s Codex Juris Civilis. Gilb. R. Gilbert"s Reports. Gilb. Ev. Gilbert"s Evidence. Gilb. U. & T. Gilbert on Uses and Trusts. Gilb. Ten. Gilbert on Tenures. Gilb. on Rents. Gilbert on Rents. Gilb. on Rep. Gilbert on Replevin. Gilb. Ex. Gilbert on Executions. Gilb. Exch. Gilbert"s Exchequer. Gilb. For. Rom. Gilbert"s Forum Romanum. Gilb. K. B. Gilbert"s King"s Bench. Gilb. Rem. Gilbert on REmainders. Gilb. on Dev. Gilbert on Devises. Gilb. Lex. praet. Gilbert"s Lex Praetoria. Gill & John. Gill & Johnson"s Reports. Gill"s R. Gill"s Reports. Gilm. R. Gilmer"s Reports. Gilp. R. Gilpin"s Circuit Court Reports. Gl. Glossa, the Gloss. Glanv. Glanville"s Treatise of the Laws and Customs of England. Glassff. Ev. Glassford on Evidence. Glov. Mun. Corp. Glover on Municipal Corporations, or Glov. on Corp. Gloveron the Law of Municipal Corporations. Glyn. & Jam. Glyn & Jameson"s Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy. Godb. Godbolt"s Reports. Godolph. Ad. Jr. Godolphin"s View of the Admiralty Jurisdiction. Godolph. Rep. Can. Godolphin"s Repertorium Canonicum. Godolph. Godolphin"s Orphan"s Legacy. Gods. on Pat. Godson"s Treatise on the Law of Patents. Goldesh. Goldeshorought"s Reports. Golds. Goldshorough"s Reports. Gord. on Dec. Gordon on the Law of Decedents in Pennsylvania. Gould on Pl. Gould on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions. Gow on Part. Gow on Partnership. Grah. Pr. Graham"s Practice. Grah. N.T. Graham on New Trials. Grand. Cout. Grand Coutumier de Normandie, (q.v.) Grady on Fixt. Grady on the law of Fixtures. Grant on New. Tr. Grant on New Trials. Grant"s Ch. Pr. Grant"s Chancery Practice. Gratt. R. Grattan"s Virginia Reports. Green"s B.L. Green"s Bankrupt Laws. Green"s R. Green"s Reports. Greenl. on Ev. Greenleaf"s Treatise on the Law of Evidence. Greenl. Ov. Cas. Greenleaf"s Overruled Cases. Greenl. R. Greenleaf"s Reports. Greenw on Courts. Greenwood on Courts. Gres. Eq. Ev. Gresley"s Equity Evidence. Grif. REg. Griffith"s Law Register. Grimk. on Ex. Grimke on the Duty of Executors and Administrators. Grisw. Rep. Griswold"s Reports. Grot. Grotius de Jure Belli. Gude"s Pr. Gude"s Practice on the Crown side of King"s Bench, &c. Gwill. Gwillim"s Tithe Cases. H. Henry, as, 18 H. 7, c. 15. H. Hilary Term. H.A. Hoc Anno H.v. commonly written in small letters h.v. hoc verbo. H. of L. House of Lords. H. of R. House of Representatives. H.& B. Hudson & Brooke"s Reports. H.& G. Harris & Gill"s Reports. H.& J. Harris & Johnson"s Reports. H. Bl. Henry Blackston"es Reports. H. H. C. L. Hale"s History ofthe Common Law. H.& M. Henning and munford"s Reports. H.& M"H. or Harr. & M"Hen. Harris & M"Henry"s Reports. Hab. fa. seis. Habere facias seisinam. H. P. C. Hales" Pleas of the Crown. H.t. usually put in small letters, h.t. hoc titulo. Hab. Corp. Habeas Corpus. Hab. fa. pos. Habere facias possessionem. Hagg. Ad. R. Haggard"s Admiralty Reports. Hagg. Ecc. R. Haggard"s Ecclesiastical Reports. Hagg. C. R. Haggard"s Reports in the Consistory Court of London. Hale, P.C. Hale"s Pleas of the Crown. Hale"s Sum. Hale"s Summary of Pleas. Hale"s Jur. J. L. Hale"s Jursidiction of the House of Lords. Hale"s Hist. C.L. Hale"s History of the Common Law. Halif. Civ. Law. Halifax"s Analysis ofthe Civil Law. Hall"s R. Hall"s Reports of Cases decided in the Superior Court of the city of New York. Halk. dig. Halkerton"s digest of the Law of Scotland relating ot Marriage. Hall"s Adm. Pr. Hall"s Admiralty Practice. Halst. R. Halstead"s Reports. Hamm. N. P. Hammond"s Nisi Prius. Ham. R. Hammond"s (Ohio) Reports. Hamm. on Part. Hammond on Parties to Actions. Hamm. Pl. Hammond"s Analysis of the Principles of Pleading. Hamm. on F. II. Hammond on Fire Insurance. Han. Hansard"s Entries. Hand"s ch. Pr. Hand"s Chancery Practice. Hand on Fines. Hand on Fines and Recoveries. hand"s Cr. Pr. hand"s Corwn Practice. hand on Pat. hand on Patents. Hans. Parl. Bed. hansard"s Parliamentary Debates. hard. Hardress" Reports. Hardin"s R. Hardin"s Reports. Hare R. Hare"s Reports. Hare & Wall. Sel. Dec. Hare & Wallace"s Select Decisions of American Cases, with Notes. Hare on Disc. Hare on the Discovery of Evidence by Bill and Answer in Equity. Harg. Coll. Hargrave"s Juridical Arguments and collection. Harg. St. Tr. Hargrave"s State Trials. Harg.Exer. Hargrave"s Exercitations. Harg. Law Tr. Hargrave"s Law Tracts. Harp. L. R. Harper"s Law Reports. Harp. Eq. R. Harper"s Equity Reports. Harr. Ch. Harrison"s Chancery Practice. Harr. Cond. Lo. R. Harrison"s condensed Report of Cases in Superior Court ofthe Territory of Orleans, and in the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Harr. Dig. Harrison"s Digest. harr. Ent. Harris" Entries. Harr. (Mich.) R. harrington"s Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court ofMichigan. Harr. & Gill. Harris & Gill"s Reports. harr. & John. Harris & Johnso"s Reports. Harr. & M"H. Harris & M"Henry"s Reports. Harringt. R. Harrington"s Reports. Hasl. Med. Jur. Haslam"s Medical Jurisprudence. Hawk. P.C. Hawkins" Pleas of the Crown. Hawk"s R. Hawk"s Reports. Hay on Est. 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Hill"s R. Hill"s Reports. Hill"s Ch. R. Hill"s Chancery Reports. Hill on Trust. A Practical Treatise on the Law relating to Trustees, &c. Hind"s Pr. Hind"s Practice. Hob. Hobart"s Reports. Hodg. R. Hodge"s Reports. Hodges on Railw. Hodges on the Law of Railways. Hoffm. Outl. Hoffman"s Outlines of Legal Studies. Hoffm. Leg. St. Hoffman"s Legal Studies. Hoffm. Ch. Pr. Hoffman"s Chancery Practice. Hoffm. Mas. Ch. Hoffman"s master in Chancery. Hoffm. R. Hoffman"s Reports. Hog. R. Hogan"s Reports. Hog. St. Tr. Hogan"s State Trials. Holt on Lib. Holt on the Law of Libels. Holt on Nav. Holt on Navigation. Holt. R. Holt"s Reports. Holt on Sh. Holt on the Law of Shipping. Hopk. R. Hopkins" Chancery Reports. Hopk. Adm. Dec. Hopkinson"s Admiralty Decisions. Houard"s Ang. Sax. Laws. Houard"s Anglo Saxon laws and Ancient Laws of theFrench. Houard"s dict. Houard"s Dictionary of the Customs of normandy. Hough C. M. Hough on Courts Martial. Hov. Fr. Hovenden on Frauds. Hov. Supp. Hovenden"s Supplement to Vesey Junior"s Reports. How. St. Tr. Howell"s State Trials. Howe"s Pr. Howe"s Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings at Law inMassachusetts. How. Pr. R. Howard"s Practice Reports. Hub. on Suc. Hubback on Successions. Huds. & Bro. Hudson & Brooke"s Reports. Hugh. Ab. Hughes" Abridgment. Hugh. Entr. Hughes" Entries. Hugh. on Wills. Hughes on Wills. Hugh. R. Hughes" Reports. Hugh. Or. Writs. Hughes" Comments upon Original Writs. Hugh. Ins. Hughes on Insurance. Hugh. on Wills. Hughes" Practical Directions for Taking Instructions forDrawing Wills. Hull. on Costs. Hullock on the Law of Costs. Hult. on Conv. Hulton on Convictions. Humph. R. Humphrey"s Reports. Hume"s com. Hume"s Commentaries on the Criminal Law of Scotland. Hut. Hutton"s Reports. I. The Institutes of Justinian (q.v.) are sometimes cited, I.1, 3, 4. I. Infra, beneath or below. Ib. Ibidem. Ictus. Jurisconsultus. This abbreviation is usually written with an I, thoughit would be more proper to write it with a J, the first letter of the word Jurisconsultus, c is the initial letter of the third syllable, and tus is the end of the word. Id. Idem. Il Cons. del Mar. Il Consolato del Mare. See Consolato del Mare, in the bodyof the work. Imp. Pr. C. P. Impey"s Practice in the common Pleas. Imp. Pr. K. B. Impey"s Practice in the King"s Bench. Imp. Pl. Impey"s Modern Pleader. Imp. Sh. Impey"s Office of Sheriff. In f. In fine, at the end of the title, law, or paragraph quoted. In pr. In principio, in the beginning and before the first paragraph of alaw. In princ. In principio. In the beginning . In sum. Insumma, in the summary. Ind. Index. Inf. Infra, beneath or below. Ing. Dig. Ingersoll"s Digest of the laws of the United States. Ing. Roc. Ingersoll"s Roccus. Ingr. on Insolv. Ingraham on Insolvency. Inj. Injunction. Ins. Insurance. Inst. Coke on Littleton, is cited Co. Lit. or 1 Inst., for First Institute.Coke"s magna Charta, is cited Co. M.C. or 2 Inst., for Second Institute.Co. P. C. Coke"s Pleas of the Crown, is cited 3 Inst., for Third Institute. Co. on Courts. Coke on Courts, is cited 4 Inst., for Fourth Institute. Inst. Institutes. When the Institutes of Justinian are cited, the citation is made thus, Inst. 4, 2, 1, or Inst. lib. 4, tit. 2, l. 1, to signify Instutues, book 4, tit. 2, law 1. Coke"s Institutes are cited, the first, either Col Lit. or 1 Inst., and the others 2 Inst., 3 Inst., and 4 Inst. Inst. Cl. or Inst. Cler. Instructor Clericalis. Inst. Jur. Angl. Institutiones Juris Anglicani, by Doctor Cowell. Introd. Introduction. Ir. Eq. R. Irish Equity Reports. Ir. T. R. Irish Term Reports. Sometimes cited Ridg. Irish. T. R. (q.v.) J. Justice. J. institutes of Justinian. J. C. Juris Consultus. J. C. P. Justice ofthe common Pleas. J. Glo. Juncta Glossa, the Gloss joined to the text quoted. J. J. Justices. J. J. Marsh. J.J. Marsha""s (Kentucky) Reports. J. K. B. Justice of the King"s Bench. J. P. Justice of the Peace. J. Q. B. Justice ofthe Queen"s Bench. J. U. B. Justice of the Upper Bench. During the Commonwealth of the EnglishCourt of the King"s Bench was called the Upper Bench. Jac. Jacobus, James, as, 4 Jac. 1, c. 1. Jac. Introd. Jacob"s Introduction to the Comm, Civil, and Canon Law. Jac. L. D. Jacob"s law Dictionary. jac. L. G. Jacob"s law Grammar. Jac. Lex. Mer. jacob"s Lex Mercatoria, or the Merchant"s Companion. Jac. R. Jacob"s Chancery Reports. Jac. & Walk. Jacob & Walker"s Chancery Reports. Jack. Pl. Jackson on Pleading. Jarm. on Wills. Jarman on the Law of Wills. Jarm. Pow. Dev. Powell on Devises, with Notes by Jarman. Jebb"s Ir. Cr. Cas. Jebb"s Irish Criminal Cases. Jeff. Man. Jefferson"s Manual. Jeff. R. Thomas Jefferson"s Reports. Jenk. Jenkins" Eight Centuries of Reports, or Eight Hundred Cases solemnly adjudged in the Exchequer Chamber, or upon Writs of Error, from K. HenryIII, to 21 K. James I. Jer. Jeremy. Jer. on Carr. Jeremy"s Law of Carriers. Jer. Eq. Jur. Jeremy on the Equity Jurisdiction of the High Court of Chancery. Jer. on Cor. Jervis on Coroners. John. Cas. Johnson"s Cases. John. R. Johnson"s Reports. John. Ch. R. Johnson"s Chancery Reports. John. Eccl. Law. Johnson"s Ecclesiastical Law. Johns. Civ. L. of Sp. Johnson"s Civil Law of Spain. Johns. on Bills. The Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Checks,&c., by Cuthbert W. Johnson. Jon. Sir Wm. Jones" Reports. Jon. & Car. Jones and Carey"s Reports. Jon. on Lib. Jones, De Libellis Famosis, or the Law of Libels. Jon. Inst. HInd. L. Jones" Institutes of Hindoo Laws. Jon. (1) Sir W. Jones" Reports. Jon. (2) Sir T. Jones" Reports. Jon. T. Thomas Jones" Reports. Jon. on Bailm Jones" Law of Bailments. Jones" Intr. Jones" Introduction to Legal Science. Joy on Ev. Acc. Joy on the Evidence of Accomplices. Joy on Chal. Joy on Challenge to Jurors. Joy Leg. Ed. Joy on Legal Education. Jud. Chr. Judicial Chronicle. Jud. Repos. Judicial Repository. Judg. Judgments. Jr. Eccl. Jura Ecclesiastica, or a Treatise of the Ecclesiastical Law andCourts, interspersed with various cases of Law and Equity. Jr. Mar. Molloy"s Jure Maritimo. Sometimes cited Molloy. Jus. Nav. Thod. Jus Navale Thodiorum. Just. Inst. Justinian"s Institutes. K. B. King"s Bench. K. C. R. Reports in the time of Chancellor King. K.& O. Knapp & Omber"s Election Cases. Kames on Eq. Kames" Principles of Equity. Kames" Ess. Kames" Essays. Kames" Hist. L. T. Kames" Historical Law Tracts. Keat. Fam. Settl. Keating on Family Settlements. Keb. Keble"s Reports. Keb. Stat. Keble"s English Statutes. Keen"s R. Keen"s Reports. Keil or Keilw. Keilways" Reports. Kel. Sir John Kelyng"s Reports. Kel. 1,2, or W. Kel. William Kelyng"s Reports, two parts. Kelh. Norm L. D. Kelham"s Norman French Law Dictionary. Kell. R. Kelly"s Reports. Ken. on Jur. Kennedy on Juries. Kent. Com. Kent"s Commentaries on American Law. Keny. Kenyon"s Reports of the Court of King"s Bench. Kit. or Kitch. Kitchen on Courts. Kna.& Omb. Knapp & Omber"s Election Cases. Knapp"s A. C. Knapp"s Appeal Cases. Knapp"s R. Knapp"s Privy Council Reports. Kyd on Aw. Kyd on the Law of Awards. Kyd on Bills. Kyd on the Law relating to Bills of Exchange. Kyd on Corp. Kyd on the Law of Corporations. L, in citation means law, as L. 1, 33. Furtum, ff de Furtis, i.e. law 1, section or paragraph beginning with the word Furtum, ff, signifies theDigest, and the words de Furtis denote the title. L. signifies also liber, book. L.& G. Lloyd"s & Goold"s Reports. L.& W. Lloyd & welshy"s Mercantile Cases. LL. Laws, as LL. Gul. 1, c. 42. Laws of William I. chapter 42, LL. of U.S., Laws of the United States. L.S. Locus sigili. L.R. Louisiana Reports. La. Lane"s REports. Lalaure, des Ser. Traite des Servitudes reelles, par M. laalaure. Lamb. Archai. Lambard"s Archaionomia. Lamb. Eiren. Lambard"s Eirenarcha. Lamb. on Dow. Lambert on Dower. Lat. Latch"s Reprts. Laus. on Eq. laussat"s Essay on Equity Practice in Pennsylvania. Law. on Chart. part. Lawes on the Law of Charter Parties. Law. Lib. Law Library. Law Rep. Law Reporter. Laws Eccl. Law. Laws" Ecclesiastical Law. Law Intel. Law Intelligencer. Law Fr. & latin Dict. Law French and Latin Dictionary. Law. Pl. lawes" Elementary Treatise on Pleading in Civil Actions. Law. Pl. in Ass. Lawes" Treatise on Pleading in Assumpsit. Laws of Wom. Laws of Women. Lawy. Mag. lawyer"s magazine. Le. Ley"s Reports. Leach. Leach"s Cases in Crown Law. Lec. Elm. Lecons Elementaire du Driot Civil Romain. Lee Abst. Tit. Lee on the Evidence of Abstracts of Title to Real Property. Lee on Capt. Lee"s Treatise of Captures in War. Lee"s Dict. Lee"s Dictionary of Practice. Lee"s Eccl. R. Lee"s Ecclesiastical Reports. Leg. Bibl. Legal Bibliography, by J.G. Marvin. Leg. Legibus. Leg. Obs. Legal Observer. Leb. Oler. The Laws of Oleron. Leg. on Outl. Legge on Outlawry. Leg. Rhod. The Laws of Thodes. Leg. ult. The Last Law. Leg. Wish. Lawas of Wishury. Leigh & Dal. on Conv. Leigh & Dalzell on Conversion of Property. Leigh"s R. Leigh"s Reports. Leigh"s N.P. Leigh"s Nisi Prius. Leo. or Leon. Leonard"s Reports. Lev. Levinz" Reports. Lev. Ent. Levinz"s Entries. Lew. C. C. Lewin"s Crown Cases. Lew. Cr. Law. An Abridgment of the Criminal Law of the United States, byEllis Lewis. Lew. on Tr. Lewin on Trusts. Lew. on Perp. Lewin on the Law of Perpetuities. Lex Man. Lex maneriorum. Lex Mer. Lex Mercatoria. Lex Mer. Am. Lex Mercatoria Americana. Lex Parl. Lex Parliamentaria. Ley. Ley"s Reports. Lib. Liber, book. Libb. Ass. Liber Assisarum. Lib. Ent. Old Book of Entries. Lib. Feud. Liber Feudorum. Lib. Intr. Liber Intrationum, or Old Book of Entries. Lib. Nig. Liber Niger. Lib. Pl. Liber Placitandi. Lib. Reg. Register Books. Lib. Rub. Liber Ruber. Lib. Ten. Liberum Tenementum. Lid. Jud. Adv. Liddel"s Detail of the Duties of a Deputy Judge Advocate. Lill. Entr. Lilly"s Entries. Lill. Reg. Lilly"s Register. Lill. Rep. Lilly"s Reports. Lill. Conv. Lilly"s conveyancer. Lind. Lindewooode"s Provinciale, or Provincial Constitutions of England, with the Legantine Constitutions of Otho and Othobond. Litt. s. Littleton, section. Litt. R. Littell"s Reports. Litt. Rittleton"s Reports. Litt. Sel. Cas. Littell"s Select Cases. Litt. Ten. Littleton"s Tenures. Liv. Livre, book. Liv. on Ag. Livermore on the Law of Principal and Agent. Liv. Syst. Livingston"s System of Penal Law for the State of Louisiana. Thiswork is sometimes cited Livingston"s Report on the Plan of a Penal Code. Liverm. Diss. Livermore"s dissertations on the Contrariety of Laws. Llo.& Go. Lloyd & Goold"s Reports. Llo.& Go. t. Sudg. Lloyd & Goold"s Reports, during the time of Sugden. Llo.& Go. t. Plunk. Lloud & Goold during the time of Plunkett. Llo.& Welsh. Lloyd & Welshy"s Reports of Cases relating to Commerce, Manufactures, &c., determined in the Courts of Common Law. Loc. cit. Loco citato, the place cited. Log. Comp. Compendium of the Law of England, Scotland, and Ancient Rome, by James Logan. Lofft. Lofft"s Reports. Lois des Batim. Lois des Batimens. Lom. Dig. Lomax"s Digest of the Law of Real Property in the United States. Lom. Ex. Lomax on Executors. Long. Quint. Year Book, part 10 Vide Year Book. Louis Code. Civil Code of Louisiana. Louis. R. Louisiana Reports. Lovel. on Wills. Lovelass on Wills. Lown. Leg. Lowndes on the Law of Legacies. Lube, Pl. Eq. An Analysis of the Principles of Equity Pleading, by D. G. Lube. Luder"s elec. Cas. Luder"s Election Cases. Luml. Ann. Lumley on Annuities. Luml Parl. Pr. Lumley"s Parliamentary Practice. Luml on Settl. Lumley on Settlements and Removal. Lut. Ent. Lutwyche"s entries. Lutw. Lutwyches" Reports. M. Michaelmas Term. M. Maxim, or Maxims. M. Jary, as 4 Mary st.3, c.1. M.& A. Montagu & Ayrton"s Reports of Cases of Bankruptcy. M.& B. Montagu and bligh"s Cases in Bankruptcy. M.& C. Mylne &Craig"s Reports. M.& C. Montagu & Chittys" Reports. M.& G. Manning & Granger"s Reports. M.& G. Maddock & Geldart"s Reports. M.G.& S. Manning, Granger & Scott"s Reports. M.& K. Mylne & Keen"s chancery Reports. M.& M. or Mo.& Malk. Rep. Moody & Malkin"s Nisi Prius Reports. M. P. Exch. Modern Practice Exchequer. M.& P. Moore & Payne"s Reports. M.R. Master ofthe Rolls. M. R. Martin"s Reports of the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. M.& R. Manning & Ryland"s Reports. M.& S. Moore & Scott"s Reports. M.& S. Maule & Selwyn"s Reports. M.& Y. or Mart. & Yerg. Martin & Yerger"s Reports. M.& W. Meeson & Welshy"s Reports. M. D.& G. Montagu, Daecon & Gex"s Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy. M"Arth. C. M. M"Arthur on Courts Martial. M"Cl & Yo. M"Clelland & Younge"s Exchequer Reports. M"Clel. E. R. M"Clelland"s Exchequer Reports. M"Cord"s Ch. R.M"Cord"s Chancery Reports. M"Cord"s R. M"Cord"s Reports M"Kin. Phil. Ev. M"Kinnon"s Philosophy of Evidence. M"Naght. C. M. M"Naghton on Courts Martial. McLean & Rob. McLean & Robinson"s Reports. M"Lean R. M"Lean"s Reports. Macn. on Null. Macnamara on Nullities and Irregularities in the Practice of the Law. macnal. Ev. Macnally"s Rules of Evidence on Pleas of the Crown. Macph. on Inf. Macpherson on Infants. Macq. on H.& W. Macqueen on Hushand and Wife. Mad. Exhc. Madox"s History ofthe Exchequer. Mad. Form. Madox"s Formulare Anglicanum. Madd.& Geld. Maddock"s & Geldart"s Reports. Madd., Madd. R. Maddock"s chancery REports. Madd. Pr. or Madd. Ch. Maddock"s Chancery Practice. Mag. Ins. Magens on Insurance. Mal. Malyne"s Lex Mercatoria. Man. Manuscript. Man.& Gra. Manning & Granger"s Reports. man. Gr.& Sc. Manning, Granger & Scott"s Reports. Man.& Ry. Manning & Ryland"s Reports. Manb. on Fines. Manby on Fines. Man. Comm. Manning"s Commentaries of the Law of Nations. Mann. Exch. Pr. Manning"s Exchequer Practice. mans. on Dem. Mansel on Demurrers. Mans. on Lim. Mansel of the Law of Limitations. Manw. Manwood"s Forest Laws. mar. Maritime. mar. N.C. March"s New Cases. Mar. R. march"s Reports. Marg. margin. Marr. Adm. Dec. Marriott"s Admiralty Decisions. Marr. Form. Inst. marriott"s Formulare Instrumentorum, or a Formulary ofAuthentic Instruments, Writs, and Standing orders used in the Court ofAdmiralty of Great Britain, of Prize and Instance. Marsh. Marshall"s Reports in the Court of Common Pleas. A. Marsh. Marshall"s(Kty.) Reports. J. J. Marsh. J. J. Marshall"s Reports. Marsh. Ins. Marshall on the Law of Insurance. Marsh. Decis. Brockenbrought"s Reports of Chief JUstice marshall"s Decisions. Mart. law Nat. Martin"s Law of Nations. Mart. (N.C.) R. Martin"s North Carolina Reports. Mart. (Lo.) R. Martin"s Louisiana Reports. Marv. Leg. Bibl. Marvin"s Legal Bibliography. Mart.& Yerg. Martin & Yerger"s Reports. Mart. N. S. Martin"s Louisiana Reports, new series. Sason R. mason"s circuit Court Reports. Mass. R. Massachusetts Reports. Math. on Pres. Mathew on the Doctrine of Presumption and PresumptiveEvidence. Matth. on Prt. Matthews on Portion. Matth. on Ex. Matthews on Executors. maugh. Lit. Pr. Maughan on Literary Property. Maule & Selw. Maule & Selwyn"s Reports. Max. Maxims. Maxw. L. D. Maxwell"s Dictionary of the Law of Bills of Exchange, & c. Maxw. on Mar. L. Laxwell"s Spirit of the Marine Laws. Mayn. Maynard"s Reports. See Year Books in the body of the work. The firstpart of the Y. B. is sometimes so cited. Med. Jr. Medical Jurisprudence. Mees. & Wels. Meeson & Welshy"s Reports. Meigs, R. Meigs" Tennessee Reports. Mer. R. Merivale"s Reports. Merch. Dict. Merchant"s Dictionary. Merl. Quest. Merlin, Questions de Driot. Merl. Repert. Merlin, Repertoire. Merrif. Law of Att. Merrifield"s Law of Attorneys. Merrif. on Costs. Merrifield"s Law of costs. Metc. R. Metcalf"s Reports. Metc. & Perk. Dig. Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of Common Law and Admiralty in the United States. By Theron Metcalf and Jonathan C. Perkins. Mich. Michaelmas. Mich. Rev. St. Michigan Revised Statutes. Miles" R. Miles" Reports. Mill. Civ. Law. Miller"s civil Law. Mill. Ins. Millar"s Elements of the Law relating to Insurances. Sometimes this work is cited Mill. El. Mill. on Eq. Mort. Miller on Equitable Mortgages. Minor"s Rep. Minor"s Alabama Reports,sometimes cited Ala. Rep. Mirch. onAdv. Mirehead on Advowsons. Mirr. Mirroir des Justices. Misso. R. Missourti Reports. Mitf. Pl. Mitford"s Pleadings in Equity. Also cited Redead. Pl. Redesdale"sPleadings. MO. Sir Francis Moore"s Reports in the reign of K. Henry VIII., Q. Elizabeth, and K. James. Mo.& Malk. Moody & Malkin"s Reports. Mo. C. C. Moody"s CrownCases. Mo. Cas. Moody"s Nisi Prius and Crown Cases. Mod. or Mod. R. ModernReports. Mod. Cas. Modern Cases. Mod. C. L.& E. Modern Cases in Law and Equity. The 8 & 9 Modern Reports are sometimes so cited, the 8th cited as the 1st, and the 9th as the 2d. Mod. Entr. Modern entries. Mod. Int. Modus Intrandi. Mol. Molloy, De jure Miartimo. Moll. R. Molloy"s chancery Reports. Monr. R. Monroe"s Reports. Mont. & Ayrt. Montagu & Ayrton"s Reports. Mont. B. C. Montagu"s Bankrupt Cases. Mont. & Bligh. Montagu & Bligh"s Cases in Bankruptcy. Mont. & Chit. Montagu & Chitty"s Reports. Mont. onComp. Montagu on the Law of Composition. Mont. B. L. Montagu on the Bankrupt Laws. Mont. on Set-off. Montagu on Set-off. Mont. Deac. & Gex. Montagu, Deacon & Gex"s Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy,argued and determined in the Court of Review, and on Appeals to the LordChancellor. Mont. Dig. Montagu"s digest of Pleadings in EQuity. Mont. Eq. Pl. Montagu"s Equity Pleading. Mont. & Mac. Montagu & MacArthur"s Reports. Mont. Sp. of Laws. Montesquieu"s Spirit of Laws. Montesq. Montesquieu, Esprit des Lois. Moo. & Malk. Moody & Malkin"s Reports. Moo. & Rob. Moody & Robinson"s Reports. Moore, R. J. B. Moore"s Reports of Cases decided in the Court of CommonPleas. Moore"s A. C. Moore"s Appeal Cases. Moore & Payne. Moore & Payne"s Reports of Cases in C. P. Moore & Scott. Moore & Scott"s Reports of Cases in C. P. Mort. on Vend. Morton"s law of Vendors and Purchasers of Chattels Personal. Mos. Mosely"sReports. MSS> Manuscripts, as, Lord Colchester"s MSS> Much. D.& S. Muchall"s Doctor and Student. Mun. Municipal. Munf. R. Munford"sReports. Murph. R. Murphy"s Reports. My. & Keen. Mylne & Keen"s ChanceryReports. Myl.& Cr. Mylne & Craig"s Reports. N. Number. N. or Nov. Novellae: the Novels. N. A. Non allocatur. N. B. Nulla bona. N. Benl. New Benloe. N.C. Cas. North Carolina Cases. N. C. Law Rep. North Carolina Law Repository. N. C. Term R. North Carolina Term Reports. This volume is sometimes cited 2 Tayl. N. Chipm. R. N. Chipman"s Reports. N. E. I. Non est Inventus. N. H. Rep. New Hampshire Reports. N. H. & G. Nicholl, Hare & Garrow"s Reports. N. L. Nelson"s editon of Lutwyche"s Reports. N. L. Nonliquet. Vide Ampliation. N.& M. Neville & Manning"s Repors. N.& P. Neville & Perry"s Reports. N. P. Nisi Prius. N.& M"C. Nott & M"Cord"s Reports. N.R. or New R. New Reports, the new series, or 4 & 5 Bos. & Pull. Reports, are usually cited N. R. N. S. New Series of the Reports of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. N. Y. R. S. New York Revised Statutes. Nar. Conv. Nares on Convictions. Neal"s F.& F. Neal"s Feasts and Fasts, an Essay on the Rise, Progress andPresent State of the Laws relating to Sundays and other Holidays, and otherdays of fasting. Nels. Ab. Nelson"s Abridgment. Nels. Lex Maner. Nelson"s Lex Maneriorum. Nels. R. Nelson"s Reports. nem. con. Nemine contradicente, (q.v.) Nem. Dis. nemine dissentiente. Nev. & Mann. Neville & Manning"s Reports. nev. & Per. Neville & Perry"s Reports. New Benl. Benloe"s Reports. Reports in the Reign of Henry VIII., Edw. VI.," Phil. and Mary, and Elizabeth, and other Cases in the times of Charles. By William Benloe. See Benl. New Rep. new Reports.A continuation of Bosanquet & Puller"s Reports. See B.& P. Newf. Rep. Newfoundland Reports. newl. Contr. Newland"s Treatise on Contracts. Newl. Ch. Pr. Newland"s Chancery Practice. Newn. Conv. Newnam on Conveyancing. Ni. Pri. Nisi Pirus. Nich. Adult. Bast. Nicholas on Adulterine Bastardy. Nich. Har. & Gar. Nicholl, Hare & Garrow"s Reports. Nient Cul. Nient Culpable, old French, not guilty. Nol. P. L. Nolan"s Poor Laws. Nol. R. Nolan"s Reports of Cases relative to the Duty and Office of Justiceof the Peace. Non Cul. Non culpabilis, not guilty. North. Northington"s Reports. Nott.& M"cord. Nott & M"Cord"s reports. Nov. Novellae, the Novels. Nov. REc. Novisimi Recopilacion de las Leyes de Espana. Noy"s Max. Nou"s Maxims. Noy"s R. Noy"s Reports. O. Benl. Old Benloe. O. Bridg. Orlando Bridgman"s Reports. O. C. Old Code: so is denominated the Civil Code of Louisiana, 1808. O. N. B. Old Natura Brevium.Vide Vet. N. B., in the abbreviations, and "OldNatura Brevium," in the body of the work. O. Ni. These letters, which are an abbreviation for overatur nisis habent sufficientem exonerationem, are, according to the practice of the EnglishExchequer, marked upon each head of a Sheriff"s account for issues, amercia-ments and mean profits. 4 Inst. 116. Oblig. Obligations. Observ.Observations. Off.Office. Off. Br.OfficinaBrevium. Off. Ex.Wentworth"s Office of Executors. Ohio R.Ohio Reports. Oldn.Oldnall"s Welsh Practice. Onsl. N. P.Onslow"s Nisi Prius. Ord. Anst.Ordinance of Amsterdam. Ord. Antw.Ordinance of Antwerp. Ord. Bilb.Ordinance of Bilboa. Ord. Ch.Orders in Chancery. Ord. Cla. Lord Clarendon"s Orders. Ord. Copenh. Ordinance of Copenhagen. Ord. Cor. Orders of Court. Ord. Flor. Ordinances of Florence. Ord. Gen. Ordinance of Genoa. Ord. Hamb. Ordinance of Hamburgh. Ord. Konigs. Ordinance of Konigsherg. Ord. Leg. Ordinances of Leghorn. Ord. de la Mar. Ordonnance de la marine, de Louis XIV. Ord. Prot. Ordinances of Portugal. Ord. Prus. Ordinances of Prussia. Ord. Rott. Ordinances of Rotterdam. Ord. Swed. Ordinances of Sweden. Ord. on Us. Ordinances on the Law of Usury. Orfil. Med. Jur. Orfila"s Medical Jurisprudence. Orig. Original. Oought. Oughton"s Ordo Judiciorum. Overt. R. Overton"s Reports. Ow. owen"s Reports. Owen, Bankr. Owen on Bankruptcy. P. Page or part. Pp. Pages. P. Pachalis, Easter term. P.C. Pleas of the Crown. P.& D. Perry & Davison"s Reports. P.& K. Perry & Knapp"s Election Cases. P.& M. PHilip and mary, as, 1 & 2 P.& M. c. 4. P.N P. Peake"s Nisi Prius. P. P. Propria persona, in his own person. Pa. R. Pennsylvania Reports. P. R. or P. R. C. P. Practical REgister in the Common Pleas. P. Wms. Peere Williams" Reports. Paige"s R. Paige"s Chancery Reports. Paine"s R. Paine"s Reports. Pal. Palmer"s Reports. Pal. AG. Paley on the Law of Principal and Agent. Pal. Conv. Paley on Convictions. Palm. Pr. Lords. Palmer"s Practice in the House of Lords. Pand. Pandects. Vide Dig. Par. Paragraph, as, 29 Eliz. cap. 5, par. 21. Par.& Fonb. M. J. 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