This appendix includes abbreviations that appear three or more times. Abbreviations used only once or twice are expanded in the text.
| abat./abatemt. |
abatement |
| adjd./adjudgd. |
adjudged |
| admtr./admtor./admtrix. |
administrator/administratrix |
| admtrion. |
administration |
| Ann. |
Queen Anne |
| assump. |
assumpsit |
| aud. quer. |
audita querela |
| B. R. |
Bancus Regis (King’s Bench) |
| Cam. Scacc. |
Camera Scaccarii (Exchequer Chamber) |
| ca. sa. |
capias ad satisfaciendum |
| C. B. |
Communi Banco (Common Bench; Court of Common Pleas) |
| C. J. |
chief justice |
| cor. |
coram |
| covt./covent. |
covenant |
| ct. |
court |
| decln. |
declaration |
| dft./deft. |
defendant |
| dom. |
domina |
| E./Ed. |
King Edward |
| El./Eliz. |
Queen Elizabeth |
| exr./extr./extor./extrix. |
executor/executrix |
| extion. |
execution |
| fi. fa. |
fieri facias |
| H./Hen. |
King Henry |
| hab. corp. |
habeas corpus |
| Hil. |
Hilary |
| In Canc. |
in Chancery |
| in Cust. Mar./Mars. |
in custody of the marshal |
| indeb. ass./assump. |
indebitatis assumpsit |
| Jac. |
King James |
| J. S. |
John-a-Stiles (fictitious name for an unknown party to a legal proceeding) |
| L. C./L. Chanc./L. Chancr. |
Lord Chancellor |
| |
| Mar. Marech./Maresh. |
Marshal Mareschalli (the marshal of Marshalsea prison) |
| Mich. |
Michaelmas |
| ni. pri./nis. pri. |
nisi prius |
| non assum./assump./assumpt. |
non assumpsit |
| non cul. |
non culpabilis |
| non est invent./invents. |
non est inventus |
| non pros. |
non prosequitur |
| obj./objd. |
object/objected/objection |
| Pasch. |
Pascha |
| per cur. |
per curiam |
| plen. admin./admstvit |
plene administravit |
| plf. |
plaintiff |
| p. q. |
pro querente |
| prout. |
prout patet per recordum |
| qu. cl. fregit/quar. claus. fregit |
quare clausum fregit |
| rect. |
receipt |
| reg. |
regina |
| S. C. |
same case |
| sci. fa. |
scire facias |
| sed non alloc. |
sed non allocatur |
| stat. |
statute |
| Trin. |
Trinity |
| ux. |
et uxor |
| verd./verdt. |
verdict |
| vid. |
vide |
| W. III/W. 3 |
King William III |
| W. & M. |
King William and Queen Mary |
