英文法律文书--缩写一、缩写Abbreviations规那么1、在正式写作中,应当防止使用缩写,除非有下述规那么2、规那么3和规那么4的情形
Informalwriting,oneshouldnotuseabbreviations,exceptasindicatedinrules2,3,and4below
例如:Incorrect:TheU
SupremeCourtheldthatthedefendant’srightshadbeenviolated
Correct:TheUnitedStatesSupremeCourtheldthatthedefendant’srightshadbeenviolated
Incorrect:ProfessorJonasmentionedseveralcitiesthathavedomestic-partnershipordinances,e
,NewYorkandSanFrancisco
Correct:ProfessorJonasmentionedseveralcitiesthathavedomestic-partnershipordinances,includingNewYorkandSanFrancisco
Incorrect:TheCourtannounceditsdecisioninthecaseonOct
12,1994
Correct:TheCourtannounceditsdecisioninthecaseonOctober12,1994
规那么2、假设一个缩写的应用已经特别普遍,在一般用法中已经取代了全称,那么可以使用缩写;但使用此缩写时不应该使用表示缩写的英文句号(
Whenanabbreviationhasbecomesocommonthatithassupplantedthefullnameincomm