Term abbreviations for Bluebook and ALWD.


Note that most terms are abbreviated in precisely the same way for ALWD and Bluebook style citations. What follows is a list of the more commonly used abbreviations that differ between the two styles.

The following table lists terms that are different in the two citation styles:

Term
Bluebook Abbr.
ALWD Abbr.
Administrator
Adm'r
Adminstr.
Administratrix
Adm'x
Admx.
Advertising
Adver.
Advert.
Association
Ass'n
Assn.
Atlantic
A.
Atl.
Attorney
Att'y
Atty.
Central
Cent.
C.
Comment
Com.
Cmt.
Commission
Comm'n
Commn.
Commissioner
Comm'r
Commr.
Communication
Comm.
Commun.
Department
Dep't
Dept.
Dispute
Disp.
Dis.
Engineer
Eng'r
Engr.
Engineering
Eng'g
Engr.
Environment
Env't
Envt.
Executor
Ex'r
Exec.
Federation
Fed'n
Fedn.
Government
Gov't
Govt.
Highway
High.
Hwy.
Institution
Inst.
Instn.
International
Int'l
Intl.
Legal
Legal
Leg.
Library
Libr.
Lib.
Local
Local
Loc.
Management
Mgm't
Mgt.
Memorial
Mem'l
Meml.
Monthly
Monthly
Mthy
National
Nat'l
Natl.
Pacific
Pac.
P.
Partnership
Partership
Partn.
Policy
Pol'y
Policy
Publishing
Pub.
Publg.
Reform
Ref.
Reform
Register
Reg.
Register
Rights
Rts.
Rights
Senate
S.
Sen.
Society
Soc'y
Socy.
Surrogate
Surr.
Surrog.
Taxation
Tax'n
Taxn.
Transnational
Transnat'l
Transnatl.
Trial
Trial
Tr.
Weekly
Weekly
Wkly.


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