Appendix: Legal Abbreviations
| Legal term | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Administrat [ive, ion] | Admin. |
| Administrat [or, rix] | Adm'[r,x] |
| Agriculture | Agric. |
| America [n] | Am. |
| Associate | Assoc. |
| Association | Ass'n |
| Atlantic | Atl. |
| Authority | Auth. |
| Automobile | Auto. |
| Avenue | Ave. |
| Board | Bd. |
| Brotherhood | Bhd. |
| Brothers | Bros. |
| Building | Bldg. |
| Central | Cent. |
| Chemical | Chem. |
| Commission | Comm'n |
| Commissioner | Comm'r |
| Committee | Comm. |
| Company | Co. |
| Consolidated | Consol. |
| Construction | Constr. |
| Cooperative | Coop. |
| Corporation | Corp. |
| Department | Dep't |
| Development | Dev. |
| Distribut [or, ing] | Distrib. |
| District | Dist. |
| Division | Div. |
| East [ern] | E. |
| Education [al] | Educ. |
| Electric [al, ity] | Elec. |
| Electronic | Elec. |
| Engineer | Eng'r |
| Engineering | Eng'g |
| Enterprise | Enter. |
| Environment | Env't |
| Environmental | Envtl. |
| Equipment | Equip. |
| Exchange | Exch. |
| Execut [or, rix] | Ex'[r,x] |
| Federal | Fed. |
| Federation | Fed'n |
| Financ [e, ial, ing] | Fin. |
| Foundation | Found. |
| General | Gen. |
| Government | Gov't |
| Guaranty | Guar. |
| Hospital | Hosp. |
| Housing | Hous. |
| Incorporate | Inc. |
| Indemnity | Indem. |
| Independent | Indep. |
| Industr [y, ies, ial] | Indus. |
| Institut [e, ion] | Inst. |
| Insurance | Ins. |
| International | Int'l |
| Investment | Inv. |
| Liability | Liab. |
| Limited | Ltd. |
| Litigation | Litig. |
| Machine [ry] | Mach. |
| Manufacturer | Mfr. |
| Manufacturing | Mfg. |
| Market | Mkt. |
| Marketing | Mktg. |
| Metropolitan | Metro. |
| Municipal | Mun. |
| Mutual | Mut. |
| National | Nat'l |
| North [ern] | N. |
| Organiz [ation, ing] | Org. |
| Pacific | Pac. |
| Product [ion] | Prod. |
| Public | Pub. |
| Railroad | R.R. |
| Railway | Ry. |
| Refining | Ref. |
| Road | Rd. |
| Savings | Sav. |
| Securit [y, ies] | Sec. |
| Service | Serv. |
| Society | Soc'y |
| South [ern] | S. |
| Steamship [s] | S.S. |
| Street | St. |
| Surety | Sur. |
| System [s] | Sys. |
| Tele [phone, graph] | Tel. |
| Transport [ation] | Transp. |
| University | Univ. |
| Utility | Util. |
| West [ern] | W. |