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Legal Research - Guide to Basic Sources: Legal Abbreviations

This guide provides information on resources used for legal research.

List of Selected Legal Abbreviations

Each case is reported by volume number, series abbreviation, and first page number. For example: 93 P.3d 480 is an opinion appearing in volume 93 of the Pacific Reporter, 3rd series beginning on page 480.

For more abbreviations, see: 
Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations: a Reference Guide for Attorneys, Legal Secretaries, Paralegals, and Law Students. 5th ed. 2001. (Ref Desk KF246 .B46 2001)
American Jurisprudence Am. Jur., Am. Jur. 2d
American Law Reports A.L.R.
American Law Reports, Annotated A.L.R.
American Law Reports Annotated, Federal A.L.R. Fed
American Law Reports, Federal A.L.R. Fed
American Law Reports, 2nd Series A.L.R. 2d
American Law Reports, 3rd Series A.L.R.3d
American Law Reports, 4th Series A.L.R.4th
American Law Reports, 5th Series A.L.R. 5th
Atlantic Reporter A, A.2d
Code of Federal Regulations C.F.R
Corpus Juris Secundum C.J.S.
Federal Register Fed. Reg., F.R.
Federal Reporter (US) F, F.2d, F.3d
Federal Rules Decisions F.R.D
Federal Supplement F. Supp., F. Supp.2d
Idaho Administrative Code Idaho Admin. Code
Idaho Administrative Bulletin Idaho Admin. Bull.
Idaho Code I.C., Idaho Code
Idaho Constitution Idaho Const.
Idaho Reports Id., Ida., Idaho
Idaho Session Laws Idaho Session Laws
Idaho Supreme Court Reports Idaho
New York Supplement N.Y.S., N.Y.S. 2d
North Eastern Reporter N.E., N.E.2d
North Western Reporter N.W., N.W.2d
Pacific Reporter P, P.2d, P.3d
South Eastern Reporter S.E., S.E.2d
Southern Reporter S; S.2d or So., So.2d
Southwestern Reporter S.W., S.W.2d, S.W.3d
Supreme Court Reporter S. Ct.
United States Code U.S.C.
United States Code Supplement U.S.C. Supp.
United States Code Annotated U.S.C.A.
United States Code Service U.S.C.S.
United States Code Service Appendix U.S.C.S. App.
United States Law Week U.S.L.W.
United States Reports U.S.
United States Reports, Lawyers' Edition L. Ed
U.S. Statutes at Large Stat
U. S. Supreme Court Reports (Lawyers' Edition) L. Ed., L.Ed.2d
West's Atlantic Reporter, 2nd Series A.2d
West's Federal Appendix Fed.Appx.
West's Federal Practice Digest, 2nd Series W.F.P.D.2d
West's Federal Reporter, 2nd Series F.2d
West's Federal Reporter, 3rd Series F.3d
West's Federal Supplement F. Supp.
West's Federal Supplement, 2nd Series F.Supp.2d
West's Pacific Reporter, 2nd Series P.2d
West's South Eastern Reporter S.E.
West's South Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series S.E.2d
West's Southern Reporter, 2nd Series So.2d
West's South Western Reporter S.W.
West's South Western Reporter, 2nd Series S.W.2d
West's South Western Reporter, 3rd Series S.W.3rd
West's Supreme Court Reports (1882- ) Sup. Ct. Rep., Supr. Ct. Rep.
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