Legal Abbreviations and Law Report Citations
The abbreviations and corresponding titles of law reports and law journals available at Macquarie University Library are covered in the following table.
To locate the title in the Library, search the Library catalogue using EITHER the full title of the law report or the legal abbreviation.
Another citation style has been developed to accommodate full text judgments available on the web. These are called Media (or Medium) Neutral Citations. A table covering the abbreviations for this style can be accessed here.
The following lists of abbreviations of legal publications are drawn from a variety of sources.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
Abbreviation |
Journal Title |
A |
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| A 2d | Atlantic Reporter, (USA) Second Series 1938- |
| AAR | Administrative Appeals Reports |
| ABAJour | American Bar Association Journal |
| ABC | Australian Bankruptcy Cases |
| ABLR | Australian Business Law Review |
| AC | Appeal Cases (UK; published Council appeals from Australia and NZ) 1875- Arbitration Court (NZ) Law Reports, Appeal Cases 1891- |
| ACL | Australian Current Law |
| ACLC | Australian Company Law Cases |
| ACLD | Australian Current Law Digest |
| ACLR | Australian Company Law Reports |
| A Crim R | Australian Criminal Reports |
| ACSR | Australian Corporations and Securities Reports |
| ACTR | Australian Capital Territory Reports |
| Ad & El | Adolpus & Ellis' Reports [ER 110-113] |
| AdelLR | Adelaide Law Review |
| Adelaide Law Review | Adelaide Law Review (2000 - ) |
| AFL | Australian Family Lawyer |
| AI&Law | Artificial Intelligence and Law |
| AILR | Australian Industrial law Review |
| AIPC | Australian Intellectual Property Cases |
| AIPJ | Australian Intellectual Property Journal |
| AITR | Australian & New Zealand Income Tax Reports |
| AJAdminL | Australian Journal of Administrative Law |
| AJCL | Australian Journal of Corporate Law |
| AJFL | Australian Journal of Family Law |
| AJLL | Australian Journal of Labour Law |
| AJLP | Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy |
| AJR | Australian Jurist Reports, Victoria |
| ALB | Aboriginal Law Bulletin |
| ALJ | Australian Law Journal |
| ALJR | Australian Law Journal Reports |
| ALL | Australian Law Librarian |
| All ER | All England Law Reports |
| All ER Rep | All England Law Reports, Reprint |
| All ER Rep Ext | All England Law Reports, Reprint, Extension Volumes |
| ALR | Argus Law Reports (Cont'd as Australian Law Reports) [1895 - 1973] Australian Law Reports |
| AltLJ | Alternative Law Journal |
| Amb | Ambler's Chancery Reports [ER 27] |
| AMPLJ | Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Journal |
| Andr | Andrew's King's Bench Reports [ER 95] |
| Anst | Anstruther's Exchequer's Reports [ER 145] |
| ANZ ConvR | Australian & New Zealand Conveyancing Reports |
| ANZ Ins Cas | Australian & New Zealand Insurance Cases |
| ANZJC | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology |
| AOJP | Australian Official Journal of Patents |
| APLB | Australian Property Law Bulletin |
| APLJ | Australian Property Law Journal |
| APLR | Australian Product Liability Reporter |
| App Cas | Law Reports Appeal Cases (1875 - 1890) |
| Arbitrator | The Arbitrator |
| Asp MLC | Aspinall's Maritime Law Cases |
| ATC | Australian Tax Cases |
| ATD | Australian Tax Decisions |
| ATR | Australian Tax Reports |
| ATRev | Australian Tax Review |
| AustBarRev | Australian Bar Review |
| Aust Lawyer | Australian Lawyer (previously called Australian Law News) |
| Aust Torts Reports | Australian Torts Reports |
B | |
| B & Ad | Barnewell & Adolphus' Reports [ER 109 - 110] |
| B & Ald | Barnewell & Alderson's Reports [ER 106] |
| Barn Ch | Barnardiston's Chancery Reports [ER 27] |
| Barn KB | Barnardiston's King's Bench Reports [ER 94] |
| B & C | Barnewell & Cresswell's Reports [ER 107 - 109] |
| Beav | Beavan's Reports [ER 48 - 55] |
| Benl | Benloe's Reports [ER 73] |
| BerkTechLJ | Berkeley Technology Law Journal |
| Bing | Bingham's Reports [ER 130 - 131] |
| Bing NC | Bingham's New Cases [ER 131 - 133] |
| BLB | Australian Banking and Finance Law Bulletin |
| Bli | Bligh's House of Lord Reports [ER 4] |
| Bli NS | Bligh's House of Lord Reports, New series [ER 4 - 6] |
| BondLR | Bond Law Review |
| Bos & P | Bosanquet's & Puller's Common Pleas Reports [ER 126 - 127] |
| Bos & PNR | Bosanquet's & Puller's New Reports, Common Pleas [ER 127] |
| BPR | Butterworths Property Reports |
| Brief | Brief (Journal of the Law Society of Western Australia) |
| Bro CC | Brown's Chancery Reports [ER 28 - 29] |
| Brod & Bing | Broderip & Bingham's Reports [ER 129] |
| Bro Parl Cas | J Brown's Parliamentary Cases [ER 1 - 3] |
| Brown & Lush | Browning & Lushington's Admiralty Reports [ER 167] |
| Brownl | Brownlow & Goldesborough's Common Pleas Report [ER 123] |
| B & S | Best & Smith's Reports [ER 121 - 122] |
| Bulst | Bulstrode's King's Bench Reports [ER 80 - 81] |
| Bunb | Bunbury's Reports [ER 145] |
| Burr | Burrow's King's Bench Reports [ER 97 - 98] |
| BWCC | Butterworths Workmen's Compensation Cases (UK) |
C |
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| Cal | California Supreme Court Reports |
| Cal 2d | California Reports, 2nd Series |
| Cal 3d | California Reports, 3rd Series |
| Cal 4th | California Reports, 4th Series |
| Cal App | California Appellate Reports |
| Cal App | 2d California Appellate Reports, 2nd Series |
| Cal App 3d | California Appellate Reports, 3rd Series |
| Cal App 4d | California Appellate Reports, 4th Series |
| Cal Rptr | Califronia Reporter |
| Cal Rptr 2d | California Reporter, 2nd Series |
| Cambridge LJ | Cambridge Law Journal (USA) |
| CAR | Commonwealth Arbitration Reports |
| Car & Kir | Carrington & Kirwan's Reports [ER 174 - 175] |
| Car & M | Carrington & Marshman's Reports [ER 174] |
| C & P | Carrington & Payne's Reports [ER 171 - 173] |
| Carth | Carthew's King's Bench Reports [ER 90] |
| Cary | Cary's Chancery Reports [ER 21] |
| Cas in Ch | Cases in Chancery [ER 22] |
| Cas temp Finch | Finch's Reports, Chancery [ER 23] |
| Cas temp King | Select Case in Chancery tempore King [ER 25] |
| CB | Common Bench Reports [ER 135 - 139] |
| CCC (2d) | Canadian Criminal Cases (2nd Series) |
| CCC (3d) | Canadian Criminal Cases (3rd Series) |
| CCLJ | Competition and Consumer Law Journal |
| CCLT | Canadian Cases on the Law of Torts |
| CELR | Canadian Environmental Law Reports |
| CELR (NS) | Canadian Environmental Law Reports, New Series |
| Chan Rep | Reports in Chancery 1615-1710 [ER 21] |
| Ch App | Law Reports Chancery Appeals (1865-1875) |
| Ch Cas in Ch | Choyce's Cases in Chancery [ER 21] |
| Ch D | Chancery Division Law Reports |
| Chit | Chitty's King's Bench Reports [ER 22 - 23] |
| Ch Rob | Christopher Robinson's Reports, Admiralty [ER 165] |
| Cl & Fin | Clark & Finnelly's Reports [ER 6 - 8] |
| CLB | Communications Law Bulletin |
| CLQ | Commercial Law Quarterly |
| CLR | Commonwealth Law Reports |
| CLY | Current Law Year Book (UK) |
| CMLR | Common Market Law Reports (Eur) |
| CoLaw | The Company Lawyer |
| Coll | Collyer's Chancery Cases [ER 63] |
| Colles | Colles' Cases in Parliament [ER 1] |
| Comb | Comberbach's King's Bench Reports [ER 94] |
| Comyn | Comyn's King's Bench Reports [ER 92] |
| Conv (NS) | Conveyancer & Property Lawyer (New Series) (UK) |
| Cook Pr Cas | Cooke's Common Pleas Reports [ER 125] |
| Coop Pr Cas | C P Cooper's Chancery Practice Cases [ER 47] |
| Coop G | G Cooper's Reports, Chancery, 1792-1815 [ER 35] |
| CopyReptr | Copyright Reporter |
| Co Rep | Coke's King's Bench Reports [ER 76 - 77] |
| Cowp | Cowper's King's Bench Reports [ER 98] |
| Cox Eq Cas | Cox's Equity [ER 29 - 30] |
| CP | Law Reports, Common Pleas |
| CPD | Law Reports, Common Pleas Division |
| Cr & J | Crompton & Jervis' Exchequer Reports [ER 148 - 149] |
| Cr & M | Crompton & Meeson's Reports [ER 149] |
| Cr & Ph | Craig & Phillip's Reports [ER 41] |
| Cr App Rep | Criminal Appeal Reports |
| Crim LJ | Criminal Law Journal |
| CrimLN | Criminal Law News (NSW) |
| Crim LR | Criminal Law Review (UK) |
| Cr M & R | Crompton, Meeson & Roscoe's Reports [ER 149 - 150] |
| CRNZ | Criminal Reports of New Zealand |
| Ch Rob | Christopher Robinson's Admiralty Reports [ER 165] |
| Cro Car | Croke's King's Bench Reports, temp. Charles I [ER 79] |
| Cro Eliz | Crokes's King's Bench Reports, temp. Elizabeth [ER 78] |
| Cro Jac | Croke's King's Bench Reports, temp. James [ER 79] |
| CRR | Canadian Rights Reporter |
| CRR (2d) | Canadian Rights Reporter, Second Series |
| C&SLJ | Company & Securities Law Journal |
| CTBR | Commonwealth Taxation Board of Review |
| CTBR (NS) | Commonwealth Taxation Board of Review Decisions (New Series |
| CtCB | Court of Common Pleas (UK) |
| Curt | Curteis' Ecclesiastical Reports [ER 163] |
| Cust Ct | Custom Court Reports (USA) 1938 - |
D | |
| Dow & Ry KB | Dowling & Ryland's King's Bench Reports [ER 24 - 30] |
| Dallas | Dallas' United States Supreme Court Reports |
| Dav Ir | Davis Reports (Ireland) [ER 80] |
| DCR | District Court Reports (NZ) |
| Dears & b | Dearsley & Bell's Crown Cases Reserved [ER 169] |
| Dears CC | Dearsley's Crown Cases Reserved [ER 169] |
| De G & J | De Gex & Jones' Chancery Reports [ER 44 - 45] |
| De G & Sm | De Gex & Smales' Chancery Reports [ER 63 - 64] |
| De GF & G | De Gex, Macnaghten & Gordon's Reports [ER 42 - 44] |
| Den | Denison and Pearce's Crown Cases Reserved [ER 169] |
| Dick | Dicken's Chancery Reports [ER 21] |
| DL | Butterworths Direct Link (NSW District and Local Courts Practice Newsletter) |
| DLR | Dominion Law Reports (Canada) |
| DLR (2d) | Dominion Law Reports (2nd Series) (Canada) |
| DLR (3d) | Dominion Law Reports (3rd Series) (Canada) |
| DLR (4d) | Dominion Law Reports (4th Series) (Canada) |
| Dods | Dodson's Admiralty Reports [ER 165] |
| Doug KB | Douglas' King's Bench Reports [ER 99] |
| Dow | Dow's House of Lords Cases [ER 3] |
| Dow & Cl | Dow & Clark's House of Lords Cases [ER 6] |
| Drew & Sm | Drewy & smale's Vice Chancellor's Reports [ER 62] |
| Drew | Drewy's Chancery Reports [ER 61 - 62] |
| DRS | Dominion Report Service (Canada) |
| DTC | Dominion Tax Cases (Canada) |
| Dyer | Dyer's King's Bench Reports [ER 73] |
E | |
| El & El | Ellis & Ellis' Queen's Bench Reports [ER 120 - 121] |
| EA | East African Law Reports |
| East | East's King's Bench Reports [ER 102 - 104] |
| EB & E | Ellis, Blackburn & Ellis' Queen's Bench Reports [ER 120] |
| Eden | Eden's Chancery Reports [ER 28] |
| Edw Ch | Edwards New York Chancery Reports |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EG | Estates Gazette (UK) |
| EIPR | European Intellectual Property Review |
| El & Bl | Ellis & Blackburn's Queen's Bench Reports [ER 118 - 120] |
| Elawpractice | ELaw Practice |
| ELB | Employment Law bulletin |
| EOC | Equal Opportunity Cases (Aust & NZ) |
| EPLJ | Environmental & Planning Law Journal |
| Eq Cas Abr | Equity Cases Abridged [ER 21 - 22] |
| ER | English Reports |
| Esp | Espinasse's Nisi Prius Reports [ER 170] |
| Exch | Exchequer Reports (1847-1856) [ER 154 - 156] |
| ExchRep | Exchequer Reports |
| Ex D | Exchequer Division |
F |
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| F | Federal Reporter (USA) |
| F 2d | Federal Reporter (2nd Series) (USA) |
| F 3d | Federal Reporter (3rd Series) (USA) |
| F & F | Foster & Finlayson's Reports [ER 175 - 176] |
| Fam Law R | Family Law Reports (UK) |
| FamilyM | Family Matters |
| FCR | Federal Court Reports |
| FitzG | Gitzgibbon's King's Bench Reports [ER 94] |
| FLC | Family Law Cases |
| FLPR | Franchising Law and Policy Review |
| FLR | Federal law Reports |
| FLRev | Federal law Review |
| FoI Review | Freedom of Information Review |
| Freem Ch | Freeman's Chancery Reports [ER 22] |
| FSR | Fleet Street Reports |
| F Supp | Federal Supplement (USA) |
| F Supp 2d | Federal Supplement, Second Series (USA) |
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission Decisions (USA) |
| FTR | Federal Trial Reports (Canada) |
G | |
| Ga | Georgia Supreme Court Reports 1846 - |
| Gall | Gallison's Circuit Court Reports (USA) |
| Giff | Giffard's Chancery Reports [ER 65 - 66] |
| Gilb Ch | Gilbert's Reports, Chancery and Exchequer [ER 25] |
| GLR | Gazette law Reports (NZ) |
| Godb | Godbolt's Reports, King's Bench [ER 78] |
| GriffLR | Griffith Law Review |
H | |
| H & C | Hurlstone & Coltman's Exchequer Reports [ER 158 - 159] |
| H & n | Hurlstone & Norman's Exchequer Reports [ER 156 - 158] |
| H & Tw | Hall & Twell's chancery Reports [ER 47] |
| Hag Adm | Haggard's Admiralty Reports [ER 166] |
| Hag Con | Haggard's Consistorial Reports [ER 161] |
| Hag Ecc | Haggard's Ecclesiastical Reports [ER 162] |
| Hare | Hare's Chancery Reports [ER 66 - 68] |
| HarvLRev | Harvard Law Review |
| HKLJ | Hong Kong Law Journal |
| HL Cas | Clarke's House of Lords Cases [ER 9 - 11] |
| Hob | Hobart's Common Pleas Reports [ER 80] |
| Holt Eq | Holt's Equity Reports [ER 71] |
| Holt KB | Holt's King's Bench Reports [ER 90] |
| Holt NP | F Holt's Nisi Prius Reports [ER 171] |
| How | Howard's Supreme Court Reports (USA) |
| Hut | Hutton's Common Pleas Reports [ER 123] |
| Hy Bl | Henry Blackstone's Common Pleas Reports [ER 126] |
I | |
| IAS Current Rev | Industrial Arbitration Service - Current Review |
| ICR | Industrial Cases Reports (UK) |
| IIB | Industrial Information Bulletin |
| IJLI | International Journal of Legal Information |
| ILB | Australian Insurance Law Bulletin |
| ILB | Indigenous Law Bulletin |
| ILJ | Insurance Law Journal |
| Ill | Illinois Supreme Court Reports |
| Ill App | Illinois Appellate Court Reports |
| ILM | International Legal Materials 1962 - (USA) |
| ILR | International Law Reports |
| IndustLJ | Industrial Law Journal |
| IR | Industrial Reports |
| IR | Irish Reports (1838 - current) |
J | |
| John & H | Johnson & Hemming's Vice Chancellor's Reports [ER 70] |
| Jac | Jacob's chancery Reports [ER 37] |
| Jac & W | Jacob & walker's Chancery Reports [ER 37] |
| JBFLP | Journal of Banking & Finance law & Practice |
| JBL | Journal of Business Law |
| JCL | Journal of Contract Law |
| JCULR | James Cook University Lw Review |
| JIR | Journal of Industrial Relations |
| JJA | Journal of Judicial Administration |
| JLIS | Journal of Law and Information Science |
| JLM | Journal of Law and Medicine |
| John | Johnson's Chncery Reports [ER 70] |
| Johns Ch | Johnson's Chancery Reports (USA) |
| John & H | Johnson & Hemmings Chancery Reports [ER 70] |
| Jur NS | The Jurist, New Series (UK) |
K | |
| K & J | Kay & Johnson's Vice Chancellors' Reports [ER 69 - 70] |
| Kan | Kansas Supreme Court Reports 1862 - |
| Kay | Kay's Vice Chancellors' Reports [ER 69] |
| KB | Law Reports, King's Bench |
| Keb | Keble's King's Bench Reports [ER 83 - 84] |
| Keen | Keen's Rolls Court Reports [ER 48] |
| Keny | Lord Kenyon's King's Bench Reports [ER 96] |
| Knapp | Knapp's Reports, Privy Council [ER 12] |
L | |
| LACC | Land Appeal Court cases |
| Ld Raym | Lord Raymond's King's Bench Reports [ER 91-92] |
| Le & Ca | Leigh & Cave's Crown Cases Reserved [ER 169] |
| Leach | Leach's Cases in Crown Law [ER 168] |
| Legge | Legge's Supreme Court Cases (NSW) |
| Leg Rep | The Legal Reporter |
| Leon | Leonard's Reports [ER 74] |
| Lew CC | Lewin's Crown Cases Reserved [ER 168] |
| LGERA | Local Government and Environmental Reports of Australia |
| LGLJ | Local Government Law Journal |
| LGPLG | Local Government & Planning Law Guide |
| LGRA | Local Government Reports of Australia |
| Lloyd's Rep | Lloyd's Law Reports |
| Lofft | Lofft's King's Bench Reports [ER 98] |
| LQR | Law Quarterly Review (UK) |
| LRCC | Law Reports, Crown Cases Reserved |
| LRC Com | Law Reports of the Commonwealth, Commercial Law Division |
| LRC Const | Law Reports of the Commonwealth, Constitutional Division |
| LR (vol no) A & E | Law Reports, Admiralty and Ecclesiastical |
| LR (vol no) App Cas | Law Reports, Appeal Cases |
| LR (vol no) Ch App | Law Reports, Chancery Appeals |
| LR (vol no) CP | Law Reports, Common Pleas |
| LR (vol no) Exch | Law Reports, Exchequer |
| LR (vol no) HL | Law Reports, House of Lords |
| LR (vol no) Ind App | Law Reports, Indian Appeals (India) |
| LR (vol no) P & D | Law Reports, Probate & Divorce |
| LR (vol no) PC | Law Reports, Privy Council Appeal Cases |
| LR (NSW) | Law Reports, New South Wales |
| LS | Legal Studies (Journal of the Society of Public Teachers of Law) |
| LSJ | Law Society Journal (New South Wales) |
| LT | Law Times Reports (New Series) |
| Lush | Lushington's Admiralty Reports [ER 167] |
| Lut | Lutwyche's Entries & Reports, Common Pleas [ER 125] |
| LVR | Land & Valuation Court Reports (NSW) |
M | |
| Madd & G | Maddock & Geldart's Chancery Reports [ER 56] |
| M & S | Maule & Selwyn's King's Bench Reports [ER 105] |
| Mac & G | Macnaghten & Gordon's Chancery Reports [ER 41 - 42] |
| M & W | Meeson & Welsby's Exchequer Reports [ER 150 - 153] |
| MacG Cop Cas | MacGillivray's Copyright Cases (1901 - 1949) |
| Madd | Maddock's Chancery Reports [ER 56] |
| MALR | Media and Arts Law Review |
| Man & G | Manning & Granger's Common Pleas Reports [ER 133 - 135] |
| March NC | March's Reports, Kings Bench & Common Pleas (1639-1642 [ER 82] |
| MCD | Magistates' Court Decisions (NZ) (1939-1979) |
| M'Cle & Yo | M'Cleland & Younge's Exchequer Reports [ER 148] |
| Mer | Merivale's Chancery Reports [ER 35 - 36] |
| MLJ | Malayan Law Journal |
| Mod Rep | Modern Reports [ER 86 - 88] |
| MonLR | Monash University Law Review |
| Moo & P | Moore & Payne's Common Pleas Reports [ER 29 - 33] |
| Moo & S | Moore & Scott's Common Pleas Reports [ER 34 - 38] |
| Moo Ind | App Moore's Indian Appeal Cases [ER 18 - 20] |
| Moo PCC | Moore's Privy Council Cases [ER 12 - 15] |
| Moo PCCNS | Moore's Privy Council Cases, New Series [ER 15 - 17] |
| Mood & M | Moody & Malkin's Nisi Prius Reports [ER 173] |
| Mood & R | Moody & Robinson's Nisi Prius Reports [ER 174] |
| Mood CC | Moody's Crown Cases Reserves [ER 168 - 169] |
| Mos | Moseley's Chancery Reports [ER 25] |
| MPC | Matrimonial Property Act Cases (NZ) 1978 - 1982 |
| MJIL | Melbourne Journal of International Law |
| MULR | Melbourne University Law Review |
| MVR | Motor Vehicle Reports |
| My & Cr | Mylne & Craig's Chancery Reports [ER 40 - 41] |
| My & K | Mylne & Keen's Chancery Reports [ER 39 - 40] |
N | |
| NE | North Eastern Reporter (USA) |
| Newc LR | Newcastle Law Review |
| NLJ | New Law Journal (UK) |
| Noy | Noy's King's Bench Reports [ER 74] |
| NSW ConvR | New South Wales Conveyancing Reports |
| NSWCR | NSW Courts Review |
| NSWLR | New South Wales law Reports |
| NTLR | Northern Territory Law Reports |
| NTN | Native Title News |
| NTR | Northern Territory Reports |
| NW | North Western Reporter (USA) |
| NW 2d | North Western Reports, Second Series (USA) |
| NYS | New York Supplement (1888-1937) |
| NYS 2d | New York Supplement (2nd Series 1938) |
| NZAR | New Zealand Administrative Reports |
| NZFLR | New Zealand Family Law Reports |
| NZ Jur (NS) | New Zealand Jurist, New Series |
| NZLawReview | New Zealand Law Review |
| NZLJ | New Zealand law Journal |
| NZLR | New Zealand Law Reports |
| NZPCC | New Zealand Privy Council Cases |
| NZRMA | New Zealand Resource Management Appeals |
| NZTC | New Zealand Town Planning Appeals (1971-1991) |
O | |
| OAC | Ontario Appeal Cases (Canada) |
| OAR | Ontario Appeal Reports (Canada) |
| Ohio | Ohio Supreme Court Reports (1812-1956) |
| OLR | Ontario Law Reports (Canada) |
| O'M & H | O'Malley & Hardcastle's Election Cases (UK) |
| OntCA | Ontario Court of Appeal |
| OR | Ontario Reports (Canada) |
| OR (2d) | Ontario Reports, Second Series (Canada) |
| OR (3d) | Ontario Reports, Third Series (Canada) |
| Otto | Otto's United States Supreme Court Reports |
| OWN | Ontario Weekly Notes (Canada) |
P | |
| P | Pacific Reporter (US) |
| P 2d | Pacific Reporter, Second Series (US) |
| Pa | Property and Compensation Reports |
| Per & Dav | Perry & Davison's King's Bench Reports [ER 48 - 54] |
| P & NGLR | Papua & New Guinea Law Reports |
| Palm | Palmer's King's Bench Reports [ER 81] |
| Park | Parker's Exchequer Reports [ER 145] |
| Peake | Peake's Nisi Prius Reports [ER 170] |
| Peake Add Cas | Peake's Additional Cases [ER 170] |
| Ph | Phillip's Chancery Reports [ER 41] |
| Phillim | Phillimore's Ecclesiastical Reports [ER 161] |
| Plowd | Plowden's Commentaries or Reports [ER 75] |
| PLR | Planning Law Reports (UK) |
| PNGLR | Papua New Guinea Law Reports (1969 - ) |
| PNLR | Professional Negligence and Liability Reports |
| Poph | Popham's Reports, King's Bench [ER 79] |
| PPL | Psychiatry, Psychology and Law |
| Prec Ch | Precedents in Chancery [ER 24] |
| Price | Price's Exchequer Reports [ER 145 - 147] |
Q | |
| QB | Queen's Bench Reports [ER 113 - 118] |
| QBD | Queen's Bench Division, Law Reports |
| Qd R | Queensland Reports |
| QGIG | Queensland Government Industrial Gazette |
| QL | Queensland Lawyer |
| QldLawyer | Queensland Lawyer |
| QLJ | Queensland Law Journal |
| QLSJ | Queensland Law Society Journal |
| QPELR | Queensland Planning & Environmental Law Reports |
| QSCR | Queensland Supreme Court Reports |
| QUTLJ | Queensland University of Technology Law Journal |
| QUTLJJ | Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal |
| QWN | Queensland Weekly Notes |
R | |
| R | The Reports |
| R & McG | Income Tax Decisions of Australasia, Ratcliffe & M'Grath (1891-1930) |
| R (Ct of Sess) | Rettie's Session Cases (Scotland) |
| Re LR | Lloyd's Reinsurance Law Reports |
| Rep Ch | Reports in Chancery [ER 21] |
| RevenueLJ | Revenue Law Journal |
| RFL | Reports of Family Law (Canada) |
| RFL (2d) | Reports of Family Law, Second Series (Canada) |
| RFL (3d) | Reports of Family Law, Third Series (Canada) |
| RFL (4th) | Reports of Family Law, Fourth Series (Canada) |
| RFL (5th) | Reports of Family Law, Fifth Series (Canada) |
| RFL (6th) | Reports of Family Law, Sixth Series (Canada) |
| RIAA | Reports of International Arbitral Awards (UN) |
| Ridg temp H | Cases tempore Hardwicke, King's Bench [ER 95] |
| Rob Eccl | Robertson's Ecclesiastical Reports [ER 163] |
| Roll Rep | Rolle's Reports, King's Bench [ER 81] |
| RPC | Reports of Patent Cases |
| RPD | Repatriation Pension Decisions |
| RR | Revised Reports (UK) |
| RTR | Road Traffic Reports (UK) |
| Russ | Russell's Chancery Reports [ER 38] |
| Russ & My | Russell & Mylne's Chancery Reports [ER 39] |
| Russ & Ry | Russell & Ryan's Crown Cases Reserved [ER 168] |
| Ry & M | Ryan & Moody's Nisi Prius Reports [ER 171] |
S | |
| SA | South African Law Reports |
| SAIR | South Australian Industrial Reports |
| Salk | Salkeld's King's Bench Reports [ER 91] |
| SALCR | South Australian Licensing Court Reports (1967-1978) |
| SALR | South Australian Law Reports |
| SaskCA | Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (Canada) |
| Sask R | Saskatchewan Reports (Canada) |
| SASR | South Australian State Reports |
| SATC | South African Tax Cases |
| Saund | Williams' notes to Saunders' Reports [ER 85] |
| Say | Sayer's King's Bench Reports [ER 96] |
| SC | Session Cases (Scotland) |
| SC (HL) | Session Cases (House of Lords) (Scotland) |
| SC (J) | Session Cases (Justiciary) (Scotland) |
| Sc Jur | Scottish Jurist |
| S Ct | Supreme Court Reporter (USA) |
| SE | South Eastern Reporter (USA) |
| SE 2d | South Eastern Reporter, Second Series (USA) |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission Decisions and Reports (USA) (1934 - ) |
| Show | Shower's King's Bench Reports [ER 89] |
| Show Parl Cas | Shower's Parliamentary Cases [ER 1] |
| Sid | Siderfin's King's Bench Reports [ER 82] |
| Sim | Simon's Vice Chancellor's Reports [ER 57 - 60] |
| Sim NS | Simon's Vice Chancellor's Reports, New Series [ER 61] |
| Sim & St | Simon & Stuart's Vice Chancellor Reports [ER 57] |
| Skin | Skinner's King's Bench Reports [ER 90] |
| SLR | Singapore Law Reports |
| SLT | Scots Law Times |
| SLT (Notes) | Scots Law Times Notes of Recent Decisions |
| Sm & G | Smale & Giffard's Chancery Reports [ER 65] |
| So | Southern Reporter (USA) |
| So 2d | Southern Reporter (2nd Series) USA) |
| Sol Jo | Solicitors' Journal (UK) |
| SR (NSW) | State Reports, New South Wales |
| SSR | Social Security Reports |
| Stark | Starkie's Nisi Prius Reports [ER 171] |
| Stra | Strange's King's Bench Reports [ER 93] |
| St R Qd | State Reports, Queensland |
| Sty | Style's King's Bench Reports [ER 82] |
| Sumn | Sumner's United States Circuit Court Reports (USA) 1829-1839 |
| SW | South Western Reporter (USA) |
| SW 2d | South Western Reporter, 2nd Series (USA) |
| SW 3d | South Western Reporter, 3rd Series (USA) |
| Sw & Tr | Swabey & Tristram's Ecclesiastical Reports [ER 164] |
| Sw | Swabey's Admiralty Reports [ER 166] |
| Swan | Swanston's Chancery Reports [ER 36] |
| SydLR | Sydney Law Review |
T | |
| Taml | Tamlyn's Reports, Rolls Court [ER 48] |
| Tas LR | Tasmanian Law Reports |
| Tas R | Tasmanian Reports |
| Tas SR | Tasmanian State Reports |
| Taunt | Taunton's Common Pleas Reports [ER 127 - 129] |
| TC | Reports of Tax Cases (UK) |
| TeleMedia | TeleMedia |
| Term Rep | Durnford & East's Term Reports [ER 99 - 101] |
| T Jo | Sir Thomas Jones' King's Bench Reports [ER 84] |
| TLJ | Torts Law Journal |
| TLR | Times Law Reports |
| Toth | Tothill's Transactions in Chancery [ER 21] |
| TPC | Trade Practices Cases (Aus) |
| TPG | Town Planning & Local Government Guide (Aus) |
| TPLB | Australian and New Zealand Trade Practices Law Bulletin |
| TPR | Trade Practices Reports |
| T Raym | Sir T Raymond's King's Bench Reports [ER 83] |
| TRNZ | Tax Reports New Zealand |
| Turn & R | Turner & Russell's Chancery Reports [ER 37] |
U |
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| UCCP | Upper Canada Common Pleas Reports |
| UCQB | Upper Canada Queen's Bench Reports (1844-1881) |
| UNDALR | University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review |
| UNSWLJ | University of New South Wales Law Journal |
| UQLJ | University of Queensland Law Journal |
| US | United States Reports |
| USLW | United States Law Week |
| USPQ | United States Patents Quarterly |
| USPQ 2d (BNA) | United States Patents Quarterly (Second Series) |
| UTasLR | University of Tasmania Law Review |
| UWALRev | University of Western Australia Law Review |
V |
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| Va | Virginia Reports |
| Vaugh | Vaughan's Common Pleas Reports [ER 124] |
| VBN | Victorian Bar News |
| Vent | Ventris' King's Bench Reports [ER 86] |
| Vern | Vernon's Chancery Reports [ER 23] |
| Ves | Vesey Junior's Chancery Reports [ER 30 - 34] |
| Ves | Supplement to Vesey Junior's Chancery Reports [ER 34] |
| Ves & B | Vesey & Beames' Chancery Reports [ER 35] |
| Ves Sen | Vesey Senior's Chancery Reports [ER 27 - 28] |
| Ves Sen | Supplement to Vesey Senior's Chancery Reports [ER 28] |
| VLR | Victorian Law Reports |
| VPA | Victorian Planning Appeal Decisions |
| VR | Victorian Reports |
W |
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| WAC | Western Appeal Cases (Canada) (1991 - ) |
| WAIG | Western Australia Industrial Gazette |
| Wall | Wallace's Supreme Court Reports (USA) |
| WALR | Western Australia Law Reports |
| Wm Bl | William Blackstone's King's Bench Reports [ER 96] |
| WCR | Workers' Compensation Reports (NSW) |
| West temp Hard | West's Chancery Reports [ER 25] |
| Willes | Willes Common Pleas Reports [ER 125] |
| Wilm | Wilmot's Notes on King's Bench [ER 97] |
| Wils Ch | Wilson's Chancery Reports [ER 37] |
| Wils | Wilson's King's Bench Reports [ER 95] |
| W Jo | Sir William Jones' King's Bench Reports [ER 82] |
| WLR | Weekly Law Reports |
| WN | Weekly Notes (UK) |
| WN (NSW) | Weekly Notes, New South Wales |
| Wm Rob | William Robinson's Admiralty Reports [ER 166] |
| WR | Weekly Reporter |
| WW & A'B | Wyatt, Webb & a'Beckett's Reports, Victoria |
| WWR | Western Weekly Reports (Canada) |
Y |
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| Y & C Ch Cas | Younge & Collyer's Chancery Reports [ER 62 - 63] |
| Y & C Ex | Younge & Collyer's Exchequer Reports [ER 160] |
| Y & J | Younge & Jervis' Exchequer Reports [ER 148] |
| Yelv | Yelverton's King's Bench Reports [ER 80] |
These lists of abbreviations of legal publications are drawn from a variety of sources.
Australia
- Abbreviations of Legal Publications - online version provided by Monash University
- CaseBase Table of Abbreviations (via LexisNexis AU) - access is restricted to students and staff of Macquarie University. To use, from the CaseBase full search form, select the link Click here for abbreviations
- La Trobe Law Abbreviations Search - a searchable database of legal abbreviations
- Law Report Citations- table provided by Bond University
- UNSW Law Library- Law Reports and Abbreviations database
International
- Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Review Titles (University of Washington, School of Law, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library)
- Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations (Cardiff University, UK)
- LexisNexis - access is restricted to students and staff of Macquarie University. For a list of American and Canadian law report abbreviations, select the Shepard's tab from the LexisNexis homepage, then select Citation Formats