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| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| A & E | Adophus & Ellis | Law report |
| A Crim R | Australian Criminal Reports | Law report |
| ABC | Australian Bankruptcy Cases | Law report |
| AC | Appeal Cases | Law report |
| ACLR | Australian Company Law Reports | Law report |
| Add | Addams | Law report |
| AER | All England Law Reports | Law report |
| Aleyn | Aleyn | Law report |
| ALJR | Australian Law Journal Reports | Law report |
| All ER | All England Law Reports | Law report |
| All ER Rep | All England Law Reports Reprint | Law report |
| ALR | Australian Law Reports | Law report |
| ALR | Aden Law Reports | Law report |
| ALT | Australian Law Times, Victoria | Law report |
| AMC | American Maritime Cases | Law report |
| Anst | Anstruther | Law report |
| App Cas | Appeal Caes | Law report |
| Arg LR | Argus Law Reports, Victoria | Law report |
| Asp MC | Aspinall's Maritime Law Cases | Law report |
| ATC | Australian Tax Cases | Law report |
| Atk | Atkyns | Law report |
| Aust LJ | Australian Law Journal | Periodical |
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B
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| B & Ad | Barnewall & Adolphus | Law report |
| B & B | Ball and Beatty | Law report |
| B & C | Barnwall & Cresswell | Law report |
| B & P | Bosanquet & Puller | Law report |
| B & S | Best & Smith | Law report |
| BC Rep | British Columbia Law Reports | Law report |
| Bing | Bingham | Law report |
| Bli (NS) | Bligh, New Series | Law report |
| Bord & B | Boroderip & Bingham | Law report |
| Bro CC | Brown's Chane Rep | Law report |
| Bro PC | Brown's Parliamentary Cases | Law report |
| Brod & B | Boderip & Bingham | Law report |
| Buck | Buck | Law report |
| Burr | Burrows | Law report |
| Burt | Burton's Cases with Opinions | Law report |
| BWCC | Butterworth's Workmen's Compensation Cases | Law report |
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C
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| C & F | Clark & Finelly | Law report |
| C & J | Crompton & Jervis | Law report |
| C & M | Carrington & Marshman | Law report |
| C & M | Crompton & Meeson | Law report |
| C & P | Craig & Phillips, temp Cottenham | Law report |
| C & P | Carrington & Payne | Law report |
| CA | Hong Kong Court of Appeal | Court / tribunal |
| Camp | Campbell | Law report |
| Car & K | Carrington & Kirwan | Law report |
| Cas Temp Ld Talb | Cases temp Talbot | Law report |
| CB | Common Bench | Law report |
| CBR | Canadian Bankruptcy Reports | Law report |
| CCC | Canadian Criminal Cases | Law report |
| CFA | Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal | Court / tribunal |
| CFI | Hong Kong Court of First Instance | Court / tribunal |
| Ch | Chancery Division | Law report |
| Ch App | Chancery Appeal Cases | Law report |
| Ch Ca | Cases in Chancery | Law report |
| Ch D | Chancery Division | Law report |
| Chan Cas | Cases in Chancery | Law report |
| Chr Rob | Christopher Robinson | Law report |
| Cl & Fin | Clark & Finnelly | Law report |
| CLC | Australian Company Law Cases | Law report |
| CLR | Commonwealth Law Reports | Law report |
| CLY | Current Law Yearbook | Periodical |
| CM & R | Crompton, Meeson & Roscoe | Law report |
| CMLR | Common Market Law Reports | Law report |
| Co Rep | Coke | Law report |
| Com Cas | Commercial Cases | Law report |
| Com LR | Commercial Law Reporter (South Africa) | Law report |
| Con LR | Construction Law Reports | Law report |
| Cowp | Cowper | Law report |
| Cox CC | Cox's Criminal Cases | Law report |
| CP | Common Pleas Cases | Law report |
| CPD | Common Pleas Division | Law report |
| CPR | Hong Kong Conveyancing & Property Reports | Law report |
| CR | Canadian Reports, Appeal Cases | Law report |
| Cr App R | Criminal Appeal Reports | Law report |
| Cr App R (S) | Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing) | Law report |
| Cr M & R | Crompton, Meeson & Roscoe | Law report |
| Cranch | Cranch's United States Supreme Court Reports | Law report |
| Crim LR | Criminal Law Review | Law report |
| Cro Car | Croke | Law report |
| Cro Eliz | Croke | Law report |
| CTBR (NS) | Commonwealth Taxation Boards of Review | Law report |
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| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| D & E | Durnford & East's Term Reports | Law report |
| D & L | Dowling & Lowndes | Law report |
| D & R | Dowling & Ryland | Law report |
| DC | Hong Kong District Court | Court / tribunal |
| De G & J | De Gex & Jones, temp Cranworth, Chelmsford & Campbell | Law report |
| De G & Sm | De Gex & Smale, temp Knight-Bruce & Parker | Law report |
| De GF & J | De Gex, Fisher & Jones, temp Campbell | Law report |
| De GJ & S | De Gex, Jones & Smith | Law report |
| De GM & G | De Gex, Macnaghten & Gordon | Law report |
| Deac | Deacon, 4 vols | Law report |
| Den | Denison and Pearce | Law report |
| Dick | Dickens | Law report |
| DJ & S | De Gex, Jones & Smith | Law report |
| DLR | Dominion Law Reports | Law report |
| Dods | Dodson, temp Scott | Law report |
| Doug | Douglas | Law report |
| Dow & Cl | Dow & Clark's Appeals | Law report |
| Dowl | Dowl | Law report |
| Dr | Drewry's Reports, temp Kindersley | Law report |
| Dr & War | Drury & Warren (Ir) | Law report |
| Drew | Drewry Reports, temp Kindersley | Law report |
| Durn & E | Durnford & East's Term Reports | Law report |
| Dyer | Dyer, ed Valiant | |
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E
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| EACA | East Africa Court of Appeal Reports | Law report |
| East | East's Term Reports | Law report |
| ECR | European Court Reports | Law report |
| EG | Estates Gazette | Law report |
| EGD | Estates Gazette Digest of Cases | Law report |
| EGLR | Estates Gazette Law Reports | Law report |
| EHRR | European Human Rights Reports | Law report |
| El & Bl | Ellis & Blackburn | Law report |
| El & El | Ellis & Ellis | Law report |
| El B & El | Ellis, Blackburn & Ellis | Law report |
| ELR | European Law Review | Law report |
| Eq | Equity Cases, 20 vols; | Law report |
| Eq Cas Abr | Equity Cases Abridged | Law report |
| ER | English Reports | Law report |
| Esp | Espinasse | Law report |
| Ex D | Exchequer Divison | Law report |
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F
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| F | Session Cases, 5th Series [Fraser] (Sc) | Law report |
| F & F | Foster & Finlayson | Law report |
| Fam | Family Division | Law report |
| Fam Law | Family Law | Law report |
| Fiji LR | Fiji Law Reports | Law report |
| FLR | Family Law Reports | Law report |
| Fost | Foster | Law report |
| Free | Freeman (ed by Hovenden) | Law report |
| FSR | Fleet Street Patent Law Reports | Law report |
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G
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| Giff | Giffard | Law report |
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H
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| H & C | Hurlstone & Coltman | Law report |
| H & N | Hurstone & Norman | Law report |
| Hag Con | Haggard (Consistory) | Law report |
| Hag Ecc | Haggard (Ecclesiastical) | Law report |
| Hare | Hare | Law report |
| Hem & M | Hemming & Miller | Law report |
| HKC | Hong Kong Cases | Law report |
| HKCFAR | Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Reports | Law report |
| HKCLR | Hong Kong Criminal Law Reports | Law report |
| HKCU | Hong Kong Cases Unreported | Law report |
| HKDCLR | Hong Kong District Court Law Report | Law report |
| HKL | Hong Kong Lawyer | Periodical |
| HKLJ | Hong Kong Law Journal | Periodical |
| HKLR | Hong Kong Law Reports | Law report |
| HKLRD | Hong Kong Law Reports and Digest | Law report |
| HKLTLR | Hong Kong Lands Tribunal Law Reports | Law report |
| HKPLR | Hong Kong Public Law Reports | Law report |
| HL | House of Lords | Court / tribunal |
| HL Cas | House of Lords Cases (Clark) | Law report |
| HLHK | Halsbury Laws of Hong Kong | Periodical |
| HLR | Harvard Law Review | Periodical |
| Holt NP | Holt | Law report |
| Horn & H | Horn & Hurlstone | Law report |
| How St Tr | State Trials (Howell) | Law report |
| HRLJ | Human Rights Law Journal | Periodical |
| Hurl & Nor | Hurlstone & Norman | Law report |
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I
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| ICR | Industrial Cases Reports | Law report |
| ILR | International Law Reports | Law report |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Reports | Law report |
| IR | Irish Reports | Law report |
| Ir Eq | Irish Equity Reports | Law report |
| Ir Jur Rep | Irish Jurish Reports | Law report |
| IRLR | Industrial Relations Law Reports | Law report |
| ITR | Industrial Tribunal Reports | Law report |
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| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| Jac & W | Jacob & Walker | Law report |
| JC | Justiciary Cases (Sc) | Law report |
| JLR | Jamaica Law Reports | Law report |
| Jo & La T | Jones & La Touche (Ir) | Law report |
| JP | Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review | Periodical |
| JPR | Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review Reports | Law report |
| JR | NZ Jurish Reports | Law report |
| Jur | Jurish Reports | Law report |
| Jur NS | Jurish Reports, New Series | Law report |
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| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| Kay & J | Kay & Johnson | Law report |
| KB | King's (Queen's) Bench | Law report |
| Keny | Kenyon | Law report |
| KIR | Knight's Industrial Reports | Law report |
| Kn | Knapp's Appeal Cases | Law report |
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| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| Ld Raym | Lord Raymond's King's Bench Reports | Law report |
| Leach | Leach, 2 vols | Law report |
| Lew | Lewin, 2 vols | Law report |
| LGR | Local Government Reports (New South Wales) | Law report |
| LJ | Law Journal Reports, New Series | Law report |
| LJ Adm | Law Journal Reports, Admiralty | Law report |
| LJ Ch | Law Journal Reports, Chancery | Law report |
| LJ Eq | Law Journal Reports, Chancery, New Series | Law report |
| LJ Ex | LJR, Exchequer, New Series | Law report |
| LJ HL | Law Journal Reports, House of Lords | Law report |
| LJ KB | Law Journal Reports, King's Bench | Law report |
| LJ MC | Law Journal Reports, Magistrates's Cases | Law report |
| LJ P | Law Journal Reports, Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty | Law report |
| LJ P & M | Law Journal Reports, Proate and Matrimonial | Law report |
| LJ PC | Law Journal Reports, Privy Council | Law report |
| LJ QB | Law Journal Reports, Queen's Bench | Law report |
| LJNCCR | Law Journal Newspaper County Court Reports | Law report |
| Lloyd LR | Lloyd's List Law Reports | Law report |
| Lloyd's Rep | Lloyd's List Law Reports | Law report |
| LR Adm & Ecc | Law Reports, Admirality and Ecclessiastical Cases | Law report |
| LR Ch App | Law Reports, Chancery Appeal Cases | Law report |
| LR CP | Law Reports, Common Pleas Cases | Law report |
| LR Eq | Law Reports, Equity Cases | Law report |
| LR Ex | Law Reports, Exchequer Cases | Law report |
| LR HL | Law Reports, English and Irish Appeals | Law report |
| LR P & D | Law Reports, Probate and Divorce Cases | Law report |
| LR PC | Law Reports, Privy Council Appeals | Law report |
| LR QB | Law Reports, Queens Bench | Law report |
| LR Sc & Div | Law Reports, Scotch and Divorce Appeals | Law report |
| LRC (Const) | Law Reports of the Commonwealth (Constitutional) | Law report |
| LT | Hong Kong Lands Tribunal | Law report |
| LT | Law Times Reports | Law report |
| LTR | Law Times Reports | Law report |
| Lush | Lushington | Law report |
| Lutw | Lutwyche | Law report |
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M
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| M & Rob | Manning & Robinson | Law report |
| M & S | Manning & Scott | Law report |
| M & S | Maule & Selwyn | Law report |
| M & S | Moore & Scott | Law report |
| M & W | Meeson & Welsby | Law report |
| Mac & G | Macnaghten & Gorden | Law report |
| Macph | Session Cases, 3rd Series [Macpherson] (Scotland) | Law report |
| Macq | Macqueen (Scotland) | Law report |
| Man & G | Manning & Granger | Law report |
| Mans | Manson | Law report |
| McN & G | Machanghten & Gorden | Law report |
| Med LR | Medical Law Reports | Law report |
| Meg | Megone's Company Cases | Law report |
| Mer | Meivale | Law report |
| MLJ | Malayan Law Journal | Periodical |
| Mod | Modern Law Review | Periodical |
| Mol | Molloy | Law report |
| Moo | Moore, EF | Law report |
| Moo & S | Moore & Scott | Law report |
| Moo NS | Moore, EF, New Series | Law report |
| Moo PC | Moore, EF, New Series | Law report |
| Mood & M | Moody & Malkin | Law report |
| Morr | Morrell | Law report |
| My & Cr | MyIne & Craig | Law report |
| My & K | MyIne & Keen | Law report |
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| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| NBR | New Brunswick Reports | Law report |
| New Rep | New Reports | Law report |
| NI | Northern Ireland Law Reports | Law report |
| NIR | National Insolvency Review (Canada) | Periodical |
| NLJ | New Law Journal | Periodical |
| NPD | Natal Province Division, South African Law Reports | Law report |
| NR | Bosanquet & Puller, New Reports | Law report |
| NR | New Reports | Law report |
| NSWLR | New South Wales Reports | Law report |
| NYS | New York State Reporter | Law report |
| NZBLC | New Zealand Business Law Cases | Law report |
| NZLR | New Zealand Law Reports | Law report |
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O
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| O'M & H | O'Malley a & Hardcastle | Law report |
| OJ | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies | Periodical |
| OLJ | Ohio Law Journal | Periodical |
| OLJ | Oudh Law Journal (India) | Periodical |
| OLR | Ontario Law Reports | Law report |
| OR | Ontario Reports | Law report |
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P
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| P | Probate Division | Law report |
| P & CR | Property & Compensation Reports | Law report |
| PC | Privy Council | Court / tribunal |
| PD | Probate Division | Law report |
| Ph | Phillmore's Reports | Law report |
| Ph | Phillips | Law report |
| Ph | Phillips' Election Cases | Law report |
| Phill Ecc | Phillmore's Judgments | Law report |
| Phill Ecc | Phillmore's Reports | Law report |
| Plowden | Plowden's Commentaries | Periodical |
| Price | Price | Law report |
| PRNZ | Procedure Report of New Zealand | Law report |
| PW | Peere William's Chancery Reports | Law report |
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Q
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| QB | Queen's Bench | Law report |
| QBD | Queen's Bench Division | Law report |
| Qd R | Queensland Reports | Law report |
| QSR | State Reports | Law report |
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R
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| R | The Reports | Law report |
| R | Sessions Cases, 4th Series [Rettie] (Scotland) | Law report |
| R & IT | Rating and Income Tax | Law report |
| RA | Rating Appeals | Law report |
| Rettie | Sessions Cases, 4th Series [Rettie] (Scotland) | Law report |
| Rob | Robinson, William | Law report |
| Rob Eccl | Robertson | Law report |
| RPC | Reports of Patent Cases | Law report |
| RR | Revise Reports, 152 Vols | Law report |
| RRC | Ryde's Rating Cases | Law report |
| RTR | Road Traffic Reports | Law report |
| Russ | Russell, 5 Vols | Law report |
| RVR | Rating and Valuation Reporter | Law report |
| Rating and Valuation Reporter | Ryan & Moody | Law report |
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S
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| S Ct | Supreme Court Reporter (United States) | Law report |
| Salk | Salked | Law report |
| Sask R | Saskatchewan Law Reports | Law report |
| SASR | South Australian State Reports | Law report |
| Sausse & Sc | Sausse & Scully (Ireland) | Law report |
| SC | Supreme Court Reports, Cape of Good Hope | Law report |
| Sch & L | Schoales & Lefroy (Ireland) | Law report |
| Scots LT | Scottish Law Times | Law report |
| Sel Cas Ch | Selected Cases in Chancery | Law report |
| Sim | Simons | Law report |
| SJ | Scottish Jurist | Periodical |
| SJ | Solicitor's Journal | Periodical |
| SLJ | Scottish Law Journal | Periodical |
| SLT | Scotts Law Times | Law report |
| Smith LC | Smith Leading Cases | Law report |
| Sp | Spinks | Law report |
| Sp | Spink's Prize Cases | Law report |
| SR (NSW) | State Reports, New South Wales | Law report |
| ST | State Trials | Law report |
| St Tr | State Trials (Cobett & Howell) | Law report |
| Stark | Starkie | Law report |
| STC | Simon's Tax Cases | Law report |
| Str | Strange J (ed by Nolan) | Law report |
| Stra | Strange's Reports | Law report |
| Sw & Tr | Swabey & Tristram | Law report |
| Swan | Swanston | Law report |
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T
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| Tas SR | Tasmanian State Reports | Law report |
| Taunt | Taunton | Law report |
| TC | Tax Cases | Law report |
| Term Rep | Term Reports (by Dunford & East) | Law report |
| TLR | Times Law Reports | Law report |
| TPD | Transvaal Province Division South Africa | Law report |
| TR | Transvaal Province Division of South Africa | Law report |
| Turn & R | Turner & Russell | Law report |
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U
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| UKHL | House of Lords | Court / tribunal |
| UKPC | Privy Council | Court / tribunal |
| US | Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of the USA | Law report |
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| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| V & B | Vessey & Beames | Law report |
| Vent | Ventris | Law report |
| Vern | Vernon | Law report |
| Ves & Bea | Vessey & Beames | Law report |
| Ves Jr | Vesey Junior | Law report |
| Ves Sen | Vesey Senior, ed Belt | Law report |
| VLR | Victorian Law Reports | Law report |
| VR | Victorian Reports, Webb, etc | Law report |
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W
| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| W BI | Blackstone, W | Periodical |
| W Rob | W Robinson's Reports | Law report |
| Wa | Washington Reports | Law report |
| WALR | Western Australian Law Reports | Law report |
| WAR | Western Australian Reports | Law report |
| Web PC | Webster | Law report |
| Wh & Tud LC | White & Tudor Leading Cases in Equity | Law report |
| Wilm | Wilmot's Notes of Cases | Law report |
| Wils | Wilson | Law report |
| Wils KB | Wilson's King's Bench | Law report |
| WIR | West Indian Reports | Law report |
| WLR | Weekly Law Reports | Law report |
| WLR | Western Law Reporter, Canada | Law report |
| Wm Rob | W Robinson's Reports | Law report |
| Wms Saund | Saunder's Reports, annotated by Williams | Law report |
| WN | Weekly Notes (Reports) | Law report |
| WN (NSW) | Weekly Notes, New South Wales | Law report |
| WR | Weekly Reporter | Law report |
| WWR | Western Weekly Reports | Law report |
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| Abbreviation | Full Publication Name | Type |
| Y & C Ex | Younge & Collyer | Law report |
| Y & CCC | Younge & Collyer, Chancery Cases | Law report |
| Y & J | Younge & Jervis | Law report |
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CaseBase® Abbreviations by Publication
The abbreviations used in CaseBase® documents. Select a letter below to jump to the list of abbreviations starting with that letter.
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Addams | Add | Law report |
| Aden Law Reports | ALR | Law report |
| Adophus & Ellis | A & E | Law report |
| Aleyn | Aleyn | Law report |
| All England Law Reports | AER | Law report |
| All England Law Reports | All ER | Law report |
| All England Law Reports Reprint | All ER Rep | Law report |
| American Maritime Cases | AMC | Law report |
| Anstruther | Anst | Law report |
| Appeal Cases | AC | Law report |
| Appeal Cases | App Cas | Law report |
| Argus Law Reports, Victoria | Arg LR | Law report |
| Aspinall's Maritime Law Cases | Asp MC | Law report |
| Atkyns | Atk | Law report |
| Australian Bankruptcy Cases | ABC | Law report |
| Australian Company Law Cases | CLC | Law report |
| Australian Company Law Reports | ACLR | Law report |
| Australian Criminal Reports | A Crim R | Law report |
| Australian Law Journal | Aust LJ | Law report |
| Australian Law Journal Reports | ALJR | Law report |
| Australian Law Reports | ALR | Law report |
| Australian Law Times, Victoria | ALT | Law report |
| Australian Tax Cases | ATC | Periodical |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Ball and Beatty | B & B | Law report |
| Barnewall & Adolphus | B & Ad | Law report |
| Barnwall & Cresswell | B & C | Law report |
| Best & Smith | B & S | Law report |
| Bingham | Bing | Law report |
| Blackstone, W | W BI | Periodical |
| Bligh, New Series | Bli (NS) | Law report |
| Boderip & Bingham | Brod & B | Law report |
| Boroderip & Bingham | Bord & B | Law report |
| Bosanquet & Puller | B & P | Law report |
| Bosanquet & Puller, New Reports | NR | Law report |
| British Columbia Law Reports | BC Rep | Law report |
| Brown's Chane Rep | Bro CC | Law report |
| Brown's Parliamentary Cases | Bro PC | Law report |
| Buck | Buck | Law report |
| Burrows | Burr | Law report |
| Burton's Cases with Opinions | Burt | Law report |
| Butterworth's Workmen's Compensation Cases | BWCC | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Campbell | Camp | Law report |
| Canadian Bankruptcy Reports | CBR | Law report |
| Canadian Criminal Cases | CCC | Law report |
| Canadian Reports, Appeal Cases | CR | Law report |
| Carrington & Kirwan | Car & K | Law report |
| Carrington & Marshman | C & M | Law report |
| Carrington & Payne | C & P | Law report |
| Cases in Chancery | Ch Ca | Law report |
| Cases in Chancery | Chan Cas | Law report |
| Cases temp Talbot | Cas Temp Ld Talb | Law report |
| Chancery Appeal Cases | Ch App | Law report |
| Chancery Division | Ch D | Law report |
| Chancery Division | Ch | Law report |
| Christopher Robinson | Chr Rob | Law report |
| Clark & Finelly | C & F | Law report |
| Clark & Finnelly | Cl & Fin | Law report |
| Coke | Co Rep | Law report |
| Commercial Cases | Com Cas | Law report |
| Commercial Law Reporter (South Africa) | Com LR | Law report |
| Common Bench | CB | Law report |
| Common Market Law Reports | CMLR | Law report |
| Common Pleas Cases | CP | Law report |
| Common Pleas Division | CPD | Law report |
| Commonwealth Law Reports | CLR | Law report |
| Commonwealth Taxation Boards of Review | CTBR (NS) | Law report |
| Construction Law Reports | Con LR | Law report |
| Cowper | Cowp | Law report |
| Cox's Criminal Cases | Cox CC | Law report |
| Craig & Phillips, temp Cottenham | C & P | Law report |
| Cranch's United States Supreme Court Reports | Cranch | Law report |
| Criminal Appeal Reports | Cr App R | Law report |
| Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing) | Cr App R (S) | Law report |
| Criminal Law Review | Crim LR | Law report |
| Croke | Cro Eliz | Law report |
| Croke | Cro Car | Law report |
| Crompton & Jervis | C & J | Law report |
| Crompton & Meeson | C & M | Law report |
| Crompton, Meeson & Roscoe | CM & R | Law report |
| Crompton, Meeson & Roscoe | Cr M & R | Law report |
| Current Law Yearbook | CLY | Periodical |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| De Gex, Fisher & Jones, temp Campbell | De GF & J | Law report |
| De Gex, Jones & Smith | DJ & S | Law report |
| De Gex, Jones & Smith | De GJ & S | Law report |
| De Gex & Jones, temp Cranworth, Chelmsford & Campbell | De G & J | Law report |
| De Gex, Macnaghten & Gordon | De GM & G | Law report |
| De Gex & Smale, temp Knight-Bruce & Parker | De G & Sm | Law report |
| Deacon, 4 vols | Deac | Law report |
| Denison and Pearce | Den | Law report |
| Dickens | Dick | Law report |
| Dodson, temp Scott | Dods | Law report |
| Dominion Law Reports | DLR | Law report |
| Douglas | Doug | Law report |
| Dow & Clark's Appeals | Dow & Cl | Law report |
| Dowl | Dowl | Law report |
| Dowling & Lowndes | D & L | Law report |
| Dowling & Ryland | D & R | Law report |
| Drewry's Reports, temp Kindersley | Dr | Law report |
| Drewry Reports, temp Kindersley | Drew | Law report |
| Drury & Warren (Ir) | Dr & War | Law report |
| Durnford & East's Term Reports | D & E | Law report |
| Durnford & East's Term Reports | Durn & E | Law report |
| Dyer, ed Valiant | Dyer | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| East Africa Court of Appeal Reports | EACA | Law report |
| East's Term Reports | East | Law report |
| Ellis & Blackburn | El & Bl | Law report |
| Ellis & Ellis | El & El | Law report |
| Ellis, Blackburn & Ellis | El B & El | Law report |
| English Reports | ER | Law report |
| Equity Cases Abridged | Eq Cas Abr | Law report |
| Equity Cases, 20 vols; | Eq | Law report |
| Espinasse | Esp | Law report |
| Estates Gazette | EG | Law report |
| Estates Gazette Digest of Cases | EGD | Law report |
| Estates Gazette Law Reports | EGLR | Law report |
| European Court Reports | ECR | Law report |
| European Human Rights Reports | EHRR | Law report |
| European Law Review | ELR | Law report |
| Exchequer Divison | Ex D | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Family Division | Fam | Law report |
| Family Law | Fam Law | Law report |
| Family Law Reports | FLR | Law report |
| Fiji Law Reports | Fiji LR | Law report |
| Fleet Street Patent Law Reports | FSR | Law report |
| Foster | Fost | Law report |
| Foster & Finlayson | F & F | Law report |
| Freeman (ed by Hovenden) | Free | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Giffard | Giff | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Haggard (Consistory) | Hag Con | Law report |
| Haggard (Ecclesiastical) | Hag Ecc | Law report |
| Halsbury Laws of Hong Kong | HLHK | Periodical |
| Hare | Hare | Law report |
| Harvard Law Review | HLR | Periodical |
| Hemming & Miller | Hem & M | Law report |
| Holt | Holt NP | Law report |
| Hong Kong Cases | HKC | Law report |
| Hong Kong Cases Unreported | HKCU | Law report |
| Hong Kong Conveyancing & Property Reports | CPR | Law report |
| Hong Kong Court of Appeal | CA | Court / tribunal |
| Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal | CFA | Court / tribunal |
| Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Reports | HKCFAR | Law report |
| Hong Kong Court of First Instance | CFI | Court / tribunal |
| Hong Kong Criminal Law Reports | HKCLR | Law report |
| Hong Kong District Court | DC | Court / tribunal |
| Hong Kong District Court Law Report | HKDCLR | Law report |
| Hong Kong Lands Tribunal | LT | Law report |
| Hong Kong Lands Tribunal Law Reports | HKLTLR | Law report |
| Hong Kong Law Journal | HKLJ | Periodical |
| Hong Kong Law Reports | HKLR | Law report |
| Hong Kong Law Reports and Digest | HKLRD | Law report |
| Hong Kong Lawyer | HKL | Periodical |
| Hong Kong Public Law Reports | HKPLR | Law report |
| Horn & Hurlstone | Horn & H | Law report |
| House of Lords | HL | Court / tribunal |
| House of Lords | UKHL | Court / tribunal |
| House of Lords Cases (Clark) | HL Cas | Law report |
| Human Rights Law Journal | HRLJ | Periodical |
| Hurlstone & Coltman | H & C | Law report |
| Hurstone & Norman | H & N | Law report |
| Hurlstone & Norman | Hurl & Nor | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Industrial Cases Reports | ICR | Law report |
| Intellectual Property Reports | IPR | Law report |
| Irish Jurish Reports | Ir Jur Rep | Law report |
| Industrial Relations Law Reports | IRLR | Law report |
| Industrial Tribunal Reports | ITR | Law report |
| International Law Reports | ILR | Law report |
| Irish Equity Reports | Ir Eq | Law report |
| Irish Jurish Reports | Ir Jur Rep | Law report |
| Irish Reports | IR | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Jacob & Walker | Jac & W | Law report |
| Jamaica Law Reports | JLR | Law report |
| Jones & La Touche (Ir) | Jo & La T | Law report |
| Jurish Reports | Jur | Law report |
| Jurish Reports, New Series | Jur NS | Law report |
| Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review | JP | Periodical |
| Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review Reports | JPR | Law report |
| Justiciary Cases (Sc) | JC | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Kay & Johnson | Kay & J | Law report |
| Kenyon | Keny | Law report |
| King's (Queen's) Bench | KB | Law report |
| Knapp's Appeal Cases | Kn | Law report |
| Knight's Industrial Reports | KIR | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Law Journal Newspaper County Court Reports | LJNCCR | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, Admiralty | LJ Adm | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, Chancery | LJ Ch | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, Chancery, New Series | LJ Eq | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, House of Lords | LJ HL | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, King's Bench | LJ KB | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, Magistrates's Cases | LJ MC | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, New Series | LJ | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, Privy Council | LJ PC | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, Proate and Matrimonial | LJ P & M | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty | LJ P | Law report |
| Law Journal Reports, Queen's Bench | LJ QB | Law report |
| Law Reports of the Commonwealth (Constitutional) | LRC (Const) | Law report |
| Law Reports, Admirality and Ecclessiastical Cases | LR Adm & Ecc | Law report |
| Law Reports, Chancery Appeal Cases | LR Ch App | Law report |
| Law Reports, Common Pleas Cases | LR CP | Law report |
| Law Reports, English and Irish Appeals | LR HL | Law report |
| Law Reports, Equity Cases | LR Eq | Law report |
| Law Reports, Exchequer Cases | LR Ex | Law report |
| Law Reports, Privy Council Appeals | LR PC | Law report |
| Law Reports, Probate and Divorce Cases | LR P & D | Law report |
| Law Reports, Queens Bench | LR QB | Law report |
| Law Reports, Scotch and Divorce Appeals | LR Sc & Div | Law report |
| Law Times Reports | LT | Law report |
| Law Times Reports | LTR | Law report |
| Leach, 2 vols | Leach | Law report |
| Lewin, 2 vols | Lew | Law report |
| LJR, Exchequer, New Series | LJ Ex | Law report |
| Lloyd's List Law Reports | Lloyd LR | Law report |
| Lloyd's List Law Reports | Lloyd's Rep | Law report |
| Local Government Reports (New South Wales) | LGR | Law report |
| Lord Raymond's King's Bench Reports | Ld Raym | Law report |
| Lushington | Lush | Law report |
| Lutwyche | Lutw | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Machanghten & Gorden | McN & G | Law report |
| Macnaghten & Gorden | Mac & G | Law report |
| Macqueen (Scotland) | Macq | Law report |
| Malayan Law Journal | MLJ | Periodical |
| Manning & Granger | Man & G | Law report |
| Manning & Robinson | M & Rob | Law report |
| Manning & Scott | M & S | Law report |
| Manson | Mans | Law report |
| Maule & Selwyn | M & S | Law report |
| Medical Law Reports | Med LR | Law report |
| Meeson & Welsby | M & W | Law report |
| Megone's Company Cases | Meg | Law report |
| Meivale | Mer | Law report |
| Modern Law Review | Mod | Periodical |
| Molloy | Mol | Law report |
| Moody & Malkin | Mood & M | Law report |
| Moore & Scott | M & S | Law report |
| Moore & Scott | Moo & S | Law report |
| Moore, EF | Moo | Law report |
| Moore, EF, New Series | Moo NS | Law report |
| Moore, EF, New Series | Moo PC | Law report |
| Morrell | Morr | Law report |
| MyIne & Craig | My & Cr | Law report |
| MyIne & Keen | My & K | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Natal Province Division, South African Law Reports | NPD | Law report |
| National Insolvency Review (Canada) | NIR | Periodical |
| New Brunswick Reports | NBR | Law report |
| New Law Journal | NLJ | Periodical |
| New Reports | New Rep | Law report |
| New Reports | NR | Law report |
| New South Wales Reports | NSWLR | Law report |
| New York State Reporter | NYS | Law report |
| New Zealand Business Law Cases | NZBLC | Law report |
| NZ Jurish Reports | JR | Law report |
| New Zealand Law Reports | NZLR | Law report |
| Northern Ireland Law Reports | NI | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| O'Malley a & Hardcastle | O'M & H | Law report |
| Ohio Law Journal | OLJ | Periodical |
| Ontario Law Reports | OLR | Law report |
| Ontario Reports | OR | Law report |
| Oudh Law Journal (India) | OLJ | Periodical |
| Oxford Journal of Legal Studies | OJ | Periodical |
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P
| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Phillmore's Judgments | Phill Ecc | Law report |
| Plowden's Commentaries | Plowden | Periodical |
| Peere William's Chancery Reports | PW | Law report |
| Phillips | Ph | Law report |
| Phillips' Election Cases | Ph | Law report |
| Phillmore's Reports | Ph | Law report |
| Phillmore's Reports | Phill Ecc | Law report |
| Price | Price | Law report |
| Privy Council | PC | Court / tribunal |
| Privy Council | UKPC | Court / tribunal |
| Probate Division | P | Law report |
| Probate Division | PD | Law report |
| Procedure Report of New Zealand | PRNZ | Law report |
| Property & Compensation Reports | P & CR | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Queen's Bench | QB | Law report |
| Queen's Bench Division | QBD | Law report |
| Queensland Reports | Qd R | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Rating Appeals | RA | Law report |
| Rating and Income Tax | R & IT | Law report |
| Rating and Valuation Reporter | RVR | Law report |
| Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of the USA | US | Law report |
| Reports of Patent Cases | RPC | Law report |
| Revise Reports, 152 Vols | RR | Law report |
| Road Traffic Reports | RTR | Law report |
| Robertson | Rob Eccl | Law report |
| Robinson, William | Rob | Law report |
| Russell, 5 Vols | Russ | Law report |
| Ryan & Moody | Ry & M | Law report |
| Ryde's Rating Cases | RRC | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Salked | Salk | Law report |
| Saskatchewan Law Reports | Sask R | Law report |
| Saunder's Reports, annotated by Williams | Wms Saund | Law report |
| Sausse & Scully (Ireland) | Sausse & Sc | Law report |
| Schoales & Lefroy (Ireland) | Sch & L | Law report |
| Scottish Jurist | SJ | Periodical |
| Scottish Law Journal | SLJ | Periodical |
| Scottish Law Times | Scots LT | Law report |
| Scotts Law Times | SLT | Law report |
| Selected Cases in Chancery | Sel Cas Ch | Law report |
| Session Cases, 3rd Series [Macpherson] (Scotland) | Macph | Law report |
| Sessions Cases, 4th Series [Rettie] (Scotland) | R | Law report |
| Sessions Cases, 4th Series [Rettie] (Scotland) | Rettie | Law report |
| Session Cases, 5th Series [Fraser] (Sc) | F | |
| Simons | Sim | Law report |
| Simon's Tax Cases | STC | Law report |
| Smith Leading Cases | Smith LC | Law report |
| Solicitor's Journal | SJ | Periodical |
| South Australian State Reports | SASR | Law report |
| Spinks | Sp | Law report |
| Spink's Prize Cases | Sp | Law report |
| Starkie | Stark | Law report |
| State Reports, New South Wales | SR (NSW) | Law report |
| State Trials | ST | Law report |
| State Trials (Cobett & Howell) | St Tr | Law report |
| State Trials (Howell) | How St Tr | Law report |
| Strange J (ed by Nolan) | Str | Law report |
| Strange's Reports | Stra | Law report |
| Supreme Court Reporter (United States) | S Ct | Law report |
| Supreme Court Reports, Cape of Good Hope | SC | Law report |
| Swabey & Tristram | Sw & Tr | Law report |
| Swanston | Swan | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Tasmanian State Reports | Tas SR | Law report |
| Taunton | Taunt | Law report |
| Tax Cases | TC | Law report |
| Term Reports (by Dunford & East) | Term Rep | Law report |
| The Reports | R | Law report |
| Times Law Reports | TLR | Law report |
| Transvaal Province Division South Africa | TPD | Law report |
| Transvaal Province Division of South Africa | TR | Law report |
| Turner & Russell | Turn & R | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Ventris | Vent | Law report |
| Vernon | Vern | Law report |
| Vesey Junior | Ves Jr | Law report |
| Vesey Senior, ed Belt | Ves Sen | Law report |
| Vessey & Beames | V & B | Law report |
| Vessey & Beames | Ves & Bea | Law report |
| Victorian Law Reports | VLR | Law report |
| Victorian Reports, Webb, etc | VR | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| W Robinson's Reports | W Rob | Law report |
| W Robinson's Reports | Wm Rob | Law report |
| Washington Reports | Wa | Law report |
| Webster | Web PC | Law report |
| Weekly Law Reports | WLR | Law report |
| Weekly Notes (Reports) | WN | Law report |
| Weekly Notes, New South Wales | WN (NSW) | Law report |
| Weekly Reporter | WR | Law report |
| West Indian Reports | WIR | Law report |
| Western Australian Law Reports | WALR | Law report |
| Western Australian Reports | WAR | Law report |
| Western Law Reporter, Canada | WLR | Law report |
| Western Weekly Reports | WWR | Law report |
| White & Tudor Leading Cases in Equity | Wh & Tud LC | Law report |
| Wilmot's Notes of Cases | Wilm | Law report |
| Wilson | Wils | Law report |
| Wilson's King's Bench | Wils KB | Law report |
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| Full Publication Name | Abbreviation | Type |
| Younge & Collyer | Y & C Ex | Law report |
| Younge & Collyer, Chancery Cases | Y & CCC | Law report |
| Younge & Jervis | Y & J | Law report |
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