Abbreviation

practice.— The omission of some words or letters in writing; as when fi. fa. is written for fieri facias. In writing contracts it is the better practice to make no abbreviations; but in recognizances and many other contracts they are used; as John Doe tent to prosecute, &c. Richard Roe tent to appear, &c. When the recognizances are used, they are drawn out in eztenso.

See 4 Ca. & P. 51; S.C.19 E.C.

L. R. many books. This being thought the most convenient place to introduce such matter. 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. B. Anonymous Reports, printed at the end of Bendloe’s Reports. A. D. Anno Domini; in the year of our Lord. Ab. or Abr. Abridgment. Abr. Ca. Eq. Abridgment of Cases in Equity. Ab. Sh. Abbott on Shipping. Acc. Accord or agrees. Act. Acton’s Reports. Reports of Cases argued and adjudged before the Most Noble and right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeale in Prize Causes; also on Appeals before the King’s most excellent Majesty in council, from May 1809, to July, 1810; with an Appendix containing Orders in Council, lnstructions, &c. to 1810.

2 Vols. 8vo.

Ad. Eject. Adams on Ejectment. A Treatise on the Law of Ejectment, &e. l vol. This is a very able work.

10 Serg. & Rawle, 221.

Addams’s R. Addams’s Ecclesiastical Reports. In E. Eccl. Rep. Addis. R. Addison’s Reports. Admr. Administrator. Aiken's R.° Aiken's Reports. Al. Aleyn’s Cases.; Al. Alinéa. Al. et. Et alii, and others. Ala. R. Alabama Reports. Alln. Part. Alinat on Partition. Amb. Ambler’s Reports. Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, with some few in other courts. By Charles Ambler.

1 vol. fol.

Am. & Fer.on Fizt. Amos and Ferard on Fixtures. Amer. Dig. American Digest. Amer. Jur. American Jurist. And. Anderson’s Reports. Reports in the Commun Pleas, chiefly in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 2 parts. By Sir Edm. Anderson. Andr. Andrews’s Reports. Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench in the 11th and 12th years of the rcign of King George II. By George Andrews.

1 vol.

8vo, Ang. on Adv. Enj. Angell’s Inquiry into the rule of law which creates a right to an Ang. on Ass. Angell'’s Practical Summary of the Law of Assignments in trust for creditors. Ang. en Corp. Angell on the Law of Private.Corporations. Ang. on Linut. Angell’s Treatise on the Limitation of Actions at Law, and Suits in Fauity. Ang. on Tide Wat. Angell on the right of property in ‘Tide Waters. Ang. on Water Courses. Angcll on the cominon law in relation to Water Courses. Anna, Annaly's Reports. Cases during the time of Lord Hardwicke in the King’s Bench, 7, 8, 9 and 10 K. George II. to which are added soine determinations of the late Lord C. J. Lee; and also two equity cases by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, 1 vol. This book is usually cited, Cas. Temp. Hardw. Anstr. Anstruther’s Reports. Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of Exchequer, from Easter Term, 32 Geo. IIT.

1792, to Trinity Term, 37 Geo.