LEGAL ABBREVIATIONS

Attached is a list of legal abbreviations commonly used in legal materials. The list identifies each abbreviation as well as indicates where it can be found in the MSU Libraries (or not).

Law Tools/Reporters Collection 1st Floor, East Wing
Abbreviation	Name	Call Number
A	Atlantic Reporter	Try Lexis Nexis Academic or the MSU College of Law Library
AACS	Annual Administrative Code Supplement	KHV .A3 M5
ALR	American Law Reports	Available at MSU College of Law Library
ALR Fed	American Law Reports, Federal	Available at MSU College of Law Library
AmJur2d	American Jurisprudence, 2nd Series	KH .A56
Cal. Rptr.	West's California Reporter	Try Lexis Nexis Academic or the MSU College of Law Library
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations	Govt. Docs Ref AE2.106/3:
CJS	Corpus Juris Secundum	KH .C683
F	Federal Reporter	KH .A1 F38
FR	Federal Register	Govt. Docs Microfiche AE2.106:
FRD	Federal Rules Decisions	Try MSU College of Law Library
F.S. or F.Supp.	Federal Supplement	KH .A1 F39
L.Ed.	U.S. Reports, Lawyers' Edition	KH .U558 S83
MCLA	Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated	KFM4230 .A3
MCLP	Michigan Criminal Law & Procedure	Available at MSU College of Law Library
MCLs	Michigan Compiled Laws Service	KFM4230 .A42
MCP	Michigan Civil Jurisprudence	Available at MSU College of Law Library
Mich	Michigan Reports	KFM4245 .A2
MichApp	Michigan Appeals Reports	KFM4248 .M5
MLP	Michigan Law & Practice Encyclopedia	AVailable at MSU College of Law Library
MLP	Michigan Law & Practice Encyclopedia, 2d Edition	Available at MSU College of Law Library
MP	Michigan Practice	Available at MSU College of Law Library
MP&P	Michigan Pleading & Practice	Available at MSU College of Law Library
MR	Michigan Register	KHV .A3 M51
MSA	Michigan Statutes Annotated	KHV .A3 S82
N.E.	Northeastern Reporter	Try Lexis Nexis Academic or the MSU College of Law Library
N.W.	Northwestern Reporter	KH .A1 N62
N.Y.S.2d	New York Supplement, 2d Series	Try Lexis Nexis Academic or the MSU College of Law Library
OAG	Michigan Attorney General Opinions	KHV .A2
P	Pacific Reporter	Try Lexis Nexis Academic or the MSU College of Law Library
PA	Public and Local Acts	KHV .A3 P8
S	Southern Reporter	Try Lexis Nexis Academic or the MSU College of Law Library
S.C. or S.Ct.	Supreme Court Reporter	KF101 .S8
S.E.	Southeastern Reporter	Try Lexis Nexis Academic or the MSU College of Law Library
STAT	United States Statutes at Large	Govt. Docs Ref
S.W.	Southwestern Reporter	Try Lexis Nexis Academic or the MSU College of Law Library
U.S.	United States Reports	KH .U558 S82
USC	United States Code	Govt. Docs Ref
USCA	United States Code Annotated	Govt. Docs Ref KF62 1927 .W45

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