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§ 4-800. Spacing between Abbreviated Words and Periods in Contents | Index | Help | < | > Abbreviations § 4-810. Spacing between Abbreviated Words [BB|ALWD] § 4-810(1) Examples – David•A.J.•Richards,•Originalism•Without•Foundations,•65•N.Y.U.•L.•Rev. •1373•(1990)•(reviewing•Robert•Bork,•The•Tempting•of•America:•The•Political •Seduction•of•the•Law). – Orange•Cnty.•Agric.•Soc'y,•Inc.•v.•Comm'r,•893•F.2d•529•(2d•Cir.•1990). – Natural•Res.•Def.•Council•v.•NRC,•216•F.3d•1180•(D.C.•Cir.•2000). • = space Principle 1: Successive words abbreviated with a single capital letter are normally not separated from one another with a space. Principle 2: Longer abbreviations are separated from one another and from single letter abbreviations with a space. Principle 3: In journal titles, successive single letters that refer to an entity are separated from other single letter abbreviations with a space. Principle 4: Numbers, including ordinal numbers (2d, 4th), are treated as single letters. § 4-820. Periods in Abbreviations [BB|ALWD] § 4-820(1) Examples – David A.J. Richards, Originalism Without Foundations, 65 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1373 (1990) (reviewing Robert Bork, The Tempting of America: The Political Seduction of the Law). – Orange Cnty. Agric. Soc'y, Inc. v. Comm'r, 893 F.2d 529 (2d Cir. 1990). – Natural Res. Def. Council v. NRC, 216 F.3d 1180 (D.C. Cir. 2000). Principle 1: In general abbreviations should end in a period. Principle 2: However, in abbreviations that are contractions ending with an apostrophe and the last letter of the word should not be followed by a period.. Principle 3: In addition, entities that are commonly referred to by their initials may be abbreviated using those initials without periods. 130
§ 4-900. Documents from Earlier Stages of a Case The most frequently cited and their abbreviations are: • Affidavit - Aff. • Answer - Answer • Brief - Br. • Complaint - Compl. • Court - Ct. • Declaration - Decl. • Defendant - Def. • Deposition - Dep. • Discovery - Disc. • Document - Doc. • Exhibit - Ex. • Hearing - Hr'g • Interrogatory - Interrog. • Memorandum - Mem. • Motion - Mot. • Opinion - Op. • Petition - Pet. • Plaintiff - Pl. • Record - R. • Transcript - Tr. 131 [BB|ALWD] Contents | Index | Help | < | >
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