Selected Abbreviations:
A.L.R. - American Law Reports
A.L.R. Fed. - American Law Reports Federal
C.F.R. - Code of Federal Regulations
F.2d - Federal Reporter, Second Series
F.3d - Federal Reporter, Third Series
F.R. - Federal Register
F.Supp. - Federal Supplement
S.E.2d - South Eastern Reporter, Second Series
S.E.3d - South Eastern Reporter, Third Series
Stat. - United States Statutes at Large
U.S. - United States Reports [U.S. Supreme Court]
U.S.C. - United States Code
U.S.C.A. - United States Code Annotated
Va. - Virginia Reports
Va. App. - Virginia Court of Appeals Reports
Va. Code - Code of Virginia
VA. Code Ann. - Code of Virginia Annotated
Black's Law Dictionary (Cabell Reference KF156 .B53 2004) and The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Cabell Reference KF245 .B58 18th ed 2005) both contain extensive listings of legal abbreviations for various legal sources.
Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005, P.L. 109-266, 120 Stat. 670 (2006)
name of law [Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005] public law number [P.L. 109-266] volume [120] source [United States Statutes at Large] page [670] year enacted [2006]
29 U.S.C. § 2601 (2006)
title [29] source [United States Code] section [2601] edition [2006]
Va. Code § 23-30.27
source [Code of Virginia] title [23] chapter [30.27]
78 Fed. Reg. 15660 (March 12, 2013)
volume [78], source [Federal Register], page [15660], date [March 12, 2013]
39 CFR 3.8
title [39] source [Code of Federal Regulations] part [3] section [8]
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